Assistant professor of physics Itai Cohen studies soft condensed matter, an example of which is human cartilage. One of his goals is to better understand the physics of how cartilage moves. (April 15, 2008)
The President's Council of Cornell Women at Cornell has awarded 18 grants to help advance the careers of women in academia through support of the completion of dissertations and research leading to tenure and promotion.
The Cornell Public Service Center is currently seeking applications for the fourth annual Cornell Civic Leaders Fellowship Program. This initiative enables the Cornell Public Service Center to initiate collaborative relationships between Cornell University and the local community, and it allows the center to award $5,000 to each selected fellow. (May 4, 2004)
The Cornell International Political Economy Program is sponsoring a two-day seminar, "The Politics of Globalization's," Nov. 6-7, in Room 401 Warren Hall. The seminar will focus on the current Asian financial crisis and other areas of global political and economic interest. It is free and open to the public.
We are moving from a welfare state to a welfare planet, predicted former Cornell President Jeffrey S. Lehman, Nov. 9 in Bache Hall, in one of his first formal scholarly presentations on campus.
Lehman's early academic life was to…
"Public forums serve the purpose of giving unanticipated, unchosen and, sometimes, unliked encounters," said Cass Sunstein, a professor at the University of Chicago, presenting the inaugural Milton Konvitz Memorial Lecture.
'Science, Journalism and Politics: When Cultures Collide' will be the topic for National Public Radio (NPR) science correspondent Richard Harris in his keynote address April 9 at 4:30 p.m.
NEW YORK -- Only a parade down one of Manhattan's busiest thoroughfares could match the love that Seymour "Sy" Katz '31 felt for Cornell.
So on a cool Nov. 11 evening, in keeping with the tradition Katz started more than three…
A panel of five Cornell professors and administrators talked on the topic 'American's Original Sin: Obama, Race, Religion and Politics' before several hundred people in Sage Chapel on March 27. (April 1, 2008)