Five Ithaca-area human services agencies are benefiting from the philanthropic spirit of Cornell students. EcoVillage, the Displaced Homemakers Center, the Ithaca Youth Bureau, the Greater Ithaca Activities Center and The Partnership are receiving $12,500 in financial support from Cornell Tradition Fellows.
What is the origin of the kick that causes the furious acceleration of the newly born neutron star? In an attempt to answer this question, Dong Lai, an assistant professor of astronomy at Cornell proposes.
Lead in the drinking water of pregnant rats causes long-term damage to the immune systems of their offspring, according to studies at the Cornell Institute for Comparative and Environmental Toxicology.
Hydrogen, as any materials scientist will tell you, is a tough nut to crack. It is the simplest of the atoms, but in its molecular, or solid state it is incredibly complex. The long-sought goal of turning the element into a metal, it has been predicted, would require pressure close to that found at the center of the Earth.
Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has named George Casella, professor of biometrics, Dennis Gonsalves, professor of plant pathology; and Maureen Hanson, professor of biological sciences, as the newest Liberty Hyde Bailey Professors. Liberty Hyde Bailey was among the first of the truly supreme professors at Cornell.
The annual Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony at Cornell will be awarded for the third time at a ceremony on April 28, at 3 p.m. at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. Orpheus M. Williams, a senior in human ecology and co-leader of Peer Educators in Human Relations will receive this year's $5,000 award.
A conference titled "Hollywood vs. Babelsberg: Nazi Entertainment Films" on Saturday, Jan. 27, at Cornell will explore the politics of film in the Third Reich within the broader context of an emerging entertainment industry.
Cornell University President Hunter Rawlings made this announcement to the campus community today, Nov. 13: The national economic downturn and the aftermath of the events of Sept. 11 have sent shock waves throughout our nation and abroad.
The associate director of Cornell's Peace Studies Program was in Norway last month for the presentation of the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize, which went to London scientist Joseph Rotblat and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, the organization over which Rotblat presides.