Scientists from Cornell University's Eastern Europe-Mexico project for potato late blight control and from the Mlochow Research Center in Poland are leading an effort to save the valuable potato collection at the N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Industry in Pushkin and St. Petersburg, Russia.
Three professors discussed the status of Egypt's turmoil Feb. 9. One stressed that social media played a key role in triggering the protests; another that nothing has changed yet. (Feb. 10, 2011)
Sometimes a mid-life crisis can teach a man how to keep both oars in the water for the rest of his life. Barry Strauss was 40 when he became obsessed with sculling after a summer rowing course.
German scientist Erwin Neher, joint winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, will present a special colloquium at Cornell Friday, March 30.
Cornell has mobilized a host of outreach efforts, including augmented counseling services and an appeal to faculty, teaching assistants and supervisors to talk with students about maintaining perspective. (March 16, 2010)
Taking the lead in two major hospitality industry events here and abroad, members of the administration, faculty and staff of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration have organized two dynamic strategy conferences.
In the spirit of civilized academic discourse, panelists at Cornell President David J. Skorton's inaugural academic symposium argued the causes and contradictions of current American foreign policy, differing on the motives…
Two undergraduate students at Cornell University, juniors Lara E. Douglas and Benjamin E. Wolfe, have been awarded scholarships for the 2002-03 academic year by the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation. Cornell's Udall Scholarships are among 80 nationwide awarded from an applicant pool of 447, and cover up to $5,000 in eligible expenses for the year. Another Cornell student, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences junior Peter Hosner, was named an honorable-mention recipient of $350 for educational expenses. (April 25, 2002)
Cornell's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Resource Office will host a town meeting on Thursday, April 11, at 6 p.m. featuring an address by President Hunter Rawlings
A symposium will be held at Cornell Dec. 10 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR) and the associated research facilities.