Cornell has been chosen as one of 20 universities to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy's 2007 Solar Decathlon, an international competition to design and build a solar-powered house.
The Cornell Wind Ensemble has a humanitarian and cultural mission in Costa Rica beyond playing music -- the delivery of 50 donated, refurbished musical instruments to the young students of the Escuela Musica de Matapalo.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded a $1.86 million grant to Cornell's Peace Studies Program to provide additional research and training in science and security studies.
While the fall edition of The Visible Hand -- the undergraduate journal of the Cornell Economics Society -- carries stories about trends in baseball salaries, rising home prices, globalization and the economic impact of catastrophic events.
Cornell's School of Hotel Administration and The Culinary Institute of America -- the top school of culinary arts -- have now teamed to offer a cooperative degree program that gives students the best of both worlds.
By unplugging equipment, turning off lights and shutting down computers before leaving for winter break in December, the campus community saved 3,200 kilowatts over the 10-day break.
Cornell researchers have improved a technique called association mapping that identifies the genetic origins of complex traits, from disease to crop yields to milk yields, controlled by multiple genes.
ILR Professor Samuel Bacharach's workplace stress survey found New York City transport workers were often exposed daily to workplace hazards and experienced traumatic incidents regularly.