"What thoughts and images come to mind when you hear the words 'Islam' and 'Muslims?'" asked Omer Bajwa, a Ph.D. candidate in Cornell's Department of Near Eastern Studies, speaking on campus last week (Feb. 20).
Far too many…
Many intelligent, reasonable people regard literary theory as the equivalent of -- well, if not of drinking sand, then at least of drinking motor oil. And Cornell English Department chair and Class of 1916 Professor of English and Comparative Literature Jonathan Culler is well aware of that belief.
Government pressure to use more of the university's endowment to support beefed-up financial aid packages for Cornell students can take a toll on research and teaching investments, the provost warns.
Peace-building in Africa and the Middle East, extreme poverty and the need for more conflict resolution may be the business of the diplomats at the United Nations, but on Nov. 3, they also were the concerns of 110 members of the…
The distinguished teaching career of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alison Lurie will be honored this month with a tribute, simply called "Readings for Alison Lurie." The event, sponsored by Cornell's Department of English and Program of Creative Writing.
Apolo Nsibambi, prime minister of the Republic of Uganda, will speak at Cornell on Sept. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Hall auditorium. His talk is titled "Political Conditions for Economic Reform and Successful Adjustment in Africa."
Overweight and obese women have significantly less success breast-feeding their babies than their normal-weight counterparts, according to a new Cornell/Bassett Hospital study, and biological factors largely may be why.
To offer a healthful alternative to the 1992 U.S. Food Guide Pyramid, Cornell University and Harvard University researchers have teamed up with other experts in unveiling an official Vegetarian Diet Pyramid. (Jan. 7, 1998)
Is the American family dissolving or evolving, asked H. Elizabeth Peters, professor of policy analysis and management in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell in a public lecture April 20.