Lotte Bailyn, the T. Wilson Professor of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management and author will give a free and open lecture Monday, Feb. 14.
Cornell Professor Emeritus Alfred E. Kahn is the recipient of the 1997 Welch Pogue Award. The award, presented by Aviation Week Group, publishers of Aviation Week & Space Technology,, honors a visionary and prominent leader's lifetime contributions to aviation.
Grow grass, not for fun but for fuel. Burning grass for energy has been a well-accepted technology in Europe for decades. But not in the United States. Yet burning grass pellets as a biofuel is economical, energy-efficient, environmentally friendly and sustainable, says a Cornell University forage crop expert.
The Vietnam Moving Wall will be displayed on the Agriculture Quad at Cornell University from Tuesday, May 1, through Saturday morning, May 5. The public is invited to opening ceremonies for the Moving Wall on May 1 at 5:30 p.m. on the Ag Quad.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded nearly $600,000 to Arecibo Observatory and the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo to establish a three-year program to provide Hispanic students on the island with experience in conducting scientific research.
Some 80 percent of older moms admit they have a favorite among their grown children, according to a new Cornell University/Louisiana State University pilot study, and about 80 percent of children said they always knew it. But when asked which kid was mom's favorite, most adult children get it wrong.
Juliet Schor, a professor of women's studies at Harvard University and author will give a free and open lecture titled 'Time, for a Change' on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at noon in the Faculty Commons of Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
Cornell, Indian and Thai agricultural students toured greenhouses and field trials at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, where the pest-resistant eggplant that Cornell researchers helped develop is being tested.
Lee Teng-hui, former president of Taiwan, is planning to travel to Cornell, where he earned his Ph.D. in agricultural economics in 1968, on a personal visit in early May to see his granddaughter, a Cornell student, and to meet with students and faculty at his alma mater. Lee's visit to Cornell is planned for May 2-4. No public speeches or events are anticipated.
Cornell University's Law School has one of the most published faculties in the country. According to the Chicago-Kent College of Law Review Faculty Scholarship Survey, Cornell has the third most prolific law faculty in the nation.