A panel discussion on Cornell's Engaged Learning and Research Oct. 27 focused on the collaboration with a theater group at the Auburn Correctional Facility. (Oct. 29, 2012)
Medicinal biochemist Eloy Rodriguez, who hails from a poor Chicano Texan town and is now a Cornell professor, stressed the need for more Latino scientists as a speaker at the National Institutes of Health. (Oct. 20, 2010)
Researchers in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology have improved an imaging method they developed in order to better track activity of a cell signaling enzyme that plays a role in cancer cell metastasis.
Events this week include a Glee Club concert; new films and Ithaca filmmakers at Cornell Cinema; a Cornell-developed technology showcase in Duffield Hall and new exhibitions at the Johnson Museum.
“Wordplay and Powerplay in Latin Poetry,” a book in honor of classics professor Frederick Ahl and edited by two of his former students, has just been released.
Eight first-year students from the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, are visiting Cornell Sept. 25-Oct. 6 as part of a leadership training program. (Sept. 29, 2011)
The Worker Institute at Cornell ILR has developed a mobile phone application to prevent wage theft and violations of worker rights in cooperation with laborers, organizers, developers and lawyers.
In his new edited volume, 'The Modern Land-Grant University,' Professor Robert Sternberg says the land-grant university is a compelling model for higher ed, with ideas and ideals relevant to even the most elite academies.