When the Patriot Act passed Congress weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, federal law-enforcement officials received more power to eavesdrop on telephone calls, secretly monitor e-mail communication and find out what library-card holders have been reading.
Cornell biologist Paul Sherman, co-author of two new books about naked mole-rats for children and young adults, expects one of the world's weirdest animals will appeal to kids and spark their scientific curiosity.
The French Studies Program at Cornell is launching its first annual French Festival on campus from Nov. 5 through Nov. 23. Called La Quinzaine, which means fortnight, the festival will include two weeks of lectures, movies, round table discussions, films, recitations, culinary events and concerts.
Now that pianist Garrick Ohlsson has concluded his historic two-year cycle of the complete works for solo piano by Chopin, the 49-year-old musician can play what he wants.
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell has been awarded an endowment grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The Johnson Museum is the only university museum in the country to win such a grant during this award cycle.
Claude Steele, professor of psychology at Stanford University, will present the 1995-1996 Flemmie Kittrell Lecture at Cornell on Monday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Uris Auditorium.
Margaret J. Geller, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, will deliver the Bethe Lectures at Cornell University the week of May 6.
During a meeting this morning, the Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit board of directors approved a 2001 fare structure. The fare increase – effective Jan. 1, 2001 – raises the single-zone cash fare from 75 cents to $1 and the multiple-zone cash fare from $1.50 to $2.
Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management will award full-tuition, two-year Park Fellowships to 30 entering MBA students beginning in the fall of 1997.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University has been awarded a three-year $195,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will enhance the museum's educational mission and further strengthen collaborative efforts between the museum and Cornell's academic departments, as well as support student internships.