While Andrew Dickson White's role in helping to found Cornell has been rightfully celebrated, his prowess as a book collector has gotten short shrift, say Mark G. Dimunation, Cornell's curator of rare books, and Elaine D. Engst, university archivist.
Anti-poverty law specialist Lucie E. White, the Louis A. Horvitz Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, will deliver Cornell Law School's Robert S. Stevens Lecture, April 11.
Stephen J. Hadley, who received a bachelor's degree in government from Cornell University in 1969, has been appointed national security adviser by President George W. Bush.
The Community Partnership Board on Dec. 2 awarded more than $20,000 in grant monies to Cornell University-student-initiated, grassroots service-learning projects.
Cornell is sponsoring the Sunday hours Oct. 19 at Tompkins County Public Library, and scholar-athletes and administrators from the East Hill campus will be on hand to read to children and assist library patrons.
Cornell Bhangra, performing an original and colorful form of tradition-based music and dance of northern India and Pakistan, is gearing up for its big show, April 7 in Barton Hall. (March 29, 2007)
The threat of a rare but serious condition in cats - vaccine-associated feline sarcoma - is prompting veterinary experts to advise cat owners and their veterinarians to think twice about whether all vaccinations are necessary for all cats.
Years from now, democratically determined population-control practices and sound resource-management policies could have the planet's 2 billion people thriving in harmony with the environment. Lacking these approaches, a new study suggests, 12 billion miserable humans will suffer a difficult life on Earth by the year 2100.
More than half of American high school students don't go on to college and often flounder in "dead-end" jobs. They - as well as college-bound students - would benefit dramatically from planned workplace experiences, according to a Cornell expert.