Investments in research and education are essential for the nation's well-being and budget priorities should reflect that, a Cornell University engineer told a congressional panel on March 6. "There is no investment that is more essential for our nation's future well-being than investments in research and education," John E. Hopcroft, the Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering at Cornell, told lawmakers.
Luis Alberto Moreno, the Colombian ambassador to the United States, and U.S. Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) will discuss Plan Colombia, the $7.5 billion strategy aimed at breaking the grip of drug traffickers and negotiating with left-wing guerillas in that country.
Educational communications experts, World Wide Web programmers, curriculum designers and computer and video technologists are joining forces with Cornell faculty to extend Cornell's educational programs throughout the world.
Martin Bernal, author of 'Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classic Civilization,' continues to take his lead from late 18th-century Western scholars who looked to Egypt -- not Greece -- as the root of ancient culture. (Oct. 18, 2007)
Students in CS 502 were issued Dell laptops equipped with wireless networking cards, and Kennedy/Roberts is one of eight buildings on campus equipped with wireless transceivers linked to the campus network.
Hector Abruna, Barbara Baird, Geoffrey WIlliam Coates, Michael Shuler and Mariana Wolfner have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Victory was sweet, indeed. The Cornell men's basketball team continued its unprecedented run in the NCAA tournament with a resounding 87-69 second-round win March 21 over the fourth-seeded Wisconsin Badgers. (March 21, 2010)
College students from around the country taking part in a summer institute in theoretical and mathematical biology at Cornell are surprised to learn that math has uses outside of academia.
Three researchers associated with Cornell will testify before Congress Oct. 5 and 6 on the use of biotechnology in foods and agriculture. They are Charles J. Arntzen, president and chief executive of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc., located at Cornell.