Using mathematical equations, a Cornell University scientist and his colleagues have found evidence of a fourth spatial dimension in plants. In short, size matters even in the plant world, suggesting that "universal scaling laws probably exist," says Karl J. Niklas, the Liberty Hyde Bailey professor of plant biology.
College students from several East Coast states will visit Cornell the weekend of April 26- 28 for a conference celebrating Mexican-American art and culture.
March averaged 7 degrees colder than the same month last year, as the Northeast officially endured the 18th coldest March in 102 years of record, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University.
L. Gary Leal, professor and chair of the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering at the University of California at Santa Barbara, will deliver the 1996 Julian C. Smith Lectures in Chemical Engineering at Cornell on April 23 and 25.
ITHACA, N.Y.-- Kenneth T. Derr, chairman and chief executive officer of Chevron Corp., will deliver the 1996 Durland Lecture Wednesday, April 17, at Cornell University. Derr, a Cornell alumnus and emeritus trustee, will present "Competitive Performance: The Master Metric for an Evolving Global Economy" at 4:30 p.m. in David L. Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall. In addition to his lecture, Derr will meet with students in the Johnson Graduate School of Management and in the College of Engineering.
Nine Cornell students and an Ithaca high school student have been selected to compete in a NASA competition aimed at involving universities in the human exploration of space.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- How much government regulation of the Internet should there be? How should the First Amendment and privacy law apply to the electronic superhighway, where everything from medical information to pornography is available at the press of a button? These issues and others will be examined by law professors, attorneys, a representative of America Online and the president of Morality in Media at a symposium on "Regulating Cyberspace: Is Censorship Sensible?" April 12 and 13 at Cornell University.
Many of the Cornell students who live off campus call Collegetown home during the academic year. But Collegetown is also home to year-round residents and families, private homes and large apartment complexes, and a bustling business district.
Cornell President Hunter Rawlings and Provost Biddy Martin today announced a major, multiyear program to increase the relative status of faculty compensation at Cornell.