An interfaith delegation from Cornell explored religious and cultural sites in Turkey on a 10-day trip in May, gaining insight from interaction with Turkish people of various faiths. (July 13, 2009)
"What's everybody's favorite planet?" asked Bill Nye to a group of about 50 people gathered on the Ithaca Commons March 7 for a guided tour of the Sagan Planet Walk. "Well for me, it's Earth all the way," he answered. "I grew up…
Authorities in Puerto Rico are continuing their investigation into what happened during a June 21 hike near the Arecibo Observatory that led to the deaths of two students -- one from a college in Florida and the second, whose body was found in the Tanama River June 24, from a college in Minnesota. Both are believed to have drowned. At Cornell University, where the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) operates the Arecibo Observatory's radio telescope on behalf of the National Science Foundation, President Hunter Rawlings expressed sympathy and concern for families of the students. (June 26, 2003)
Carving knives may be the least of threats to pumpkins this Halloween, because a pumpkin-destroying disease called bacterial wilt, spread by striped or spotted cucumber beetles, has been found in the upper Midwest and the Northeast, says a Cornell plant pathologist.
A team of three MBA students from Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management earned $3,000 and the informal title "Wizards of Wall Street" by making stock recommendations that impressed the financial professionals who served as judges. The Cornell students defeated nine other university teams at the third annual MBA Stock Pitch Challenge April 22 at the Johnson School in Sage Hall on Cornell's campus.
The Codes and Judicial Committee met Dec. 6 to discuss a timetable for submitting a final report to the University Assembly on changes to the Cornell Campus Code of Conduct proposed in the so-called Krause report.
Two researchers at Cornell University are predicting that high-temperature superconductivity could exist in a class of exotic materials containing silver and fluorine.
Virtually all area residents who expressed an opinion during the open session of Ithaca's Common Council favor temporary fences on the East Hill bridges to help prevent suicides. (July 16, 2010)
For those students graduating this year, consider this: More than 83 percent of employment recruiters on college campuses believe that basic computer literacy plays an "important" or "very important" role in the hiring process of recent college graduates, according to a survey from Cornell.