Cornell University will host the "2000 Greenhouse Management Conference: Grow Your Greenhouse" conference Nov. 9 and 10 at the Holiday Inn, Batavia, N.Y. The conference is being held in conjunction with the Country Folks Grower Trade Show and Garden Plant Education Day. The conference is for anyone interested in starting or expanding a greenhouse business or for those involved in the horticultural industry, either as managers or as service providers, and for horticultural educators.
A quiet revolution has been taking place in the College of Engineering, and it has wrought significant change in the most fundamental fabric of the college -- the way undergraduate students learn.
Every spring since 1989 the Cornell Tradition, an alumni-endowed student recognition program at Cornell University, has honored its own graduating seniors with recognition awards. The nine Tradition fellows who have been honored this year for their community service and leadership efforts will use their monetary awards to benefit others.
Cornell University will host the first United States-Republic of Korea Joint Seminar on Plant Molecular Genetics and Breeding Dec. 11 and 12 at the Boyce Thompson Auditorium on campus. The seminar is free and open to the public.
Retired anthropology professor Terence Turner discusses how the American Anthropological Association may allow its members to conduct secret research for corporations, the military or the government. (April 14, 2008)
The drought that devastated agriculture in the northeastern United States was the most significant of nine major weather events in the region last year, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC) at Cornell.
The situation has become "too difficult" in Iraq and the peace process aimed at rebuilding the country is not working, warns Lakhdar Brahimi, former special adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
He was on…
The humane slaughter of agricultural animals has been improved in recent years due to consumer demands on fast-food chains and supermarkets, says Joe Regenstein, Cornell University professor of food science. Regenstein will discuss how these changes could affect the future of halal practices, the Islamic food laws, as part of his keynote address to the Fifth International Halal Food Conference, July 11, at the Palmer House in Chicago. (July 7, 2003)
The Cornell community will gather in tribute to the memory of Carl Sagan, the late David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies, at a service Monday, Feb. 3, at 2 p.m. in Bailey Hall.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell University President Jeffrey Lehman, who assumed office July 1, announced plans to strengthen the university's outreach in key strategic areas, including government affairs, community relations and…