Harold Craighead, the Charles W. Lake Jr. Professor of Engineering and professor of applied and engineering physics, has returned to the post of director of the Cornell Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC).
Craighead was the first…
Two Cornell students have received 2006 awards from the Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research program, Cornell's Center for the Environment announced. They are: Jason Andras, a doctoral student in ecology and…
As childhood obesity has increased, many states are increasing their physical education (PE) requirements. Yet, increasing time spent in gym class does not appear to increase overall physical activity or prevent childhood obesity…
Slope Radio, a new radio station produced by students at Cornell, is set to launch its inaugural broadcast via the Internet on Sept. 4.
Shows will be aired on the station's Web site at http://sloperadio.com/, and operations are…
Cornell President David J. Skorton has been elected the incoming vice chairman of the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF). As vice chair, he will become the chair after a two-year term. Skorton was elected by BHEF's membership…
Cornell has once again been named one of "50 Best Colleges for African Americans" by Black Enterprise magazine.
The university, which has been on the list every year since it was first published in 1999, was ranked 26th this year…
Two Cornell students garnered top honors in the first Collegiate Book-Collecting Championship, a national competition sponsored by Fine Books and Collections magazine.
Daniel McKee and David Rando, who tied for first place in…
The traditional sounds of chimes, orchestra and chorus will accompany the pageantry surrounding inauguration ceremonies for David Skorton - as well as jazz, steel drums, Latin, klezmer and electronic music.
The Cornell community welcomed new students with a communal outdoor meal Aug. 24 on the Arts Quad.
Picnic on the Quad, a new Welcome Weekend event this year, brought hundreds of students, faculty and staff together for lunch on…
There are many fundamental differences between the common law in the United States and continental Europe's civil law. But, "the human tendency to treat foreign as different and then make the unwarranted logical jump and also…