As students walked from the Arts Quad toward Schoellkopf Stadium for Cornell's 138th Commencement May 28, many in the academic procession wore unsuppressed smiles. The mood was festive and celebratory to match the perfect sunlit…
A recent Cornell class was the first to apply an ultrasonic technology used to make body bags for high couture. The hitch? No stitch -- no thread or glue were allowed to be used. (Oct. 16, 2007)
Jane Goodall, one of the world's best known scientists, will return to Cornell this fall as an Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large, joining four other noted scholars -- Roger Chartier, Seyyed Nasr, George L. Mosse, Anthony Seeger -- to deliver more than a dozen free, public lectures during the semester.
If it seems that women don't like video games, perhaps it is because game designers don't often design with women in mind. A computer game-design team at Cornell is helping to change that.
An all-female team of Cornell students…
Pierre Pestieau, professor of economics at the University of Lige in Belgium, will present the 1997 Einaudi Lecture Oct. 23 at 4:30 p.m. in the A.D. White Houseat Cornell.
'I can't believe I survived': Stories from the Arts Quad, where the Class of 2008 gathered before marching to Schoellkopf Stadium to receive their degrees, May 25. (May 25, 2008)
Robert L. Harris Jr., vice provost for diversity and faculty development, spoke of the need for both 'structural diversity' and 'interactional diversity' in his ninth and final report on the university's progress toward diversity and inclusion. (May 23, 2008)
The tiny Belding's ground squirrels appear to be "kissing". Instead, they are sniffing to analyze secretions from facial scent glands, hoping to learn from the complex odor bouquet who is family and who's not.