Tuition keeps going up, but that's because higher education is labor intensive and outside support is not increasing accordingly, says Provost Biddy Martin. (May 3, 2007)
The creation of Western Union had made Ezra Cornell a wealthy man. His philanthropies were numerous, but he always believed that the greatest good was education. (May 3, 2007)
At the first annual Technology, Food and Agricultural Career Day on March 22, almost 200 high school students learned about the growing career opportunities in agriculture.
Cornell in Rome alumni, faculty and current students alike say the program provides an exceptional experience and opportunity to learn and grow, personally and as artists, urban planners and architects. (May 3, 2007)
Cornell in Rome alumni revisited familiar historic sites and saw contemporary additions to the city as part of the program's 20th anniversary activities. (May 3, 2007)
Newly released data -- from 21 delicately timed observations at three telescopes taken over five years -- yields the strongest evidence to date that Mercury has a molten core, reports Jean-Luc Margot in Science. (May 3, 2007)
Open to all, program houses can enhance students' academic learning, offer unique resources, activities and community service opportunities, and provide a sense of belonging within the giant Cornell community. (May 2, 2007)
Kate Duch, ILR '09, has been elected student trustee, the Trustee Nominating Committee of the Cornell Board of Trustees announced April 30. (May 2, 2007)
Hector Abruna, Stephen Emlen, Isabel Hull, Jon Kleinberg and Stephen Pope are among 203 new fellows elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2007. (May 2, 2007)
A Cornell researcher has found that people who had been exposed to prenatal toxins and develop later-life diseases have in common an imbalanced immune system and hyperinflammatory responses. (May 2, 2007)