Farah Hussain '05, a local youth and sustainability activist with a worldwide vision, believes that young people have what it takes to solve the world's most-pressing problems.
"Some people only see youths' negative attributes,"…
The Israeli-West Bank barrier that Israel has been constructing since 2002 is damaging Palestinians' culture, education and economy, says Cornell sociologist Christine Leuenberger. (July 10, 2008)
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Gregory Eells, director of Counseling and Psychological Services, says that although violence cannot be completely prevented, Cornell offers many services to help students at risk. (April 25, 2007)
A look at how the Internet is changing the basic business paradigm, with a special focus on the hospitality industry, is the topic of a special panel discussion that is a key event in this year's Hotel Ezra Cornell (HEC).
Reminder to tiger beetles: If you chase prey at high speeds, you'll go blind. Entomologists have long noticed that tiger beetles stop-and-go in their pursuit of prey. But until now, scientists have had no idea why this type of beetle attacks its food in fits and starts.
When NASA today announced its intention to send two rover exploration vehicles to Mars on its previously announced 2003 space shot, it introduced the ambitious venture with a two-minute, computer-generated video that dramatizes the mission with startling clarity and accuracy.
Hania Kronfol of Toronto, Ontario, a senior government major in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell, has been named a junior fellow by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C.
Kenneth I. Greisen, Cornell professor emeritus of physics and a pioneer in the study of cosmic rays, died March 17 at Hospicare of Ithaca. He was 89. (April 2, 2007)
The Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation has presented Cornell University's International Agriculture Program (IAP) with a six-year, $490,002 gift for the program's Central Europe Initiative.