I grew up in Endwell, New York, a small town about 40 miles from Cornell University. Though it’s a short drive from Ithaca, to me it represented a tremendous shift in worldview. My freshman year exposed me to thoughts, cultures and people that were not present during my first 18 years of life.
The university beginning online classes for the remainder of the semester continues a long history of remote instruction. Liberty Hyde Bailey and Martha Van Rensselaer designed Cornell’s first correspondence courses in 1896 and 1900, respectively.
A deeper understanding of the brain’s connectivity network of neurons and its relationship to the organ’s deep tissue could allow recognition of what processes relate to neurological disorders.
Emphasizing links between the Ithaca and New York City campuses, alumni joined trustees, administrators and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the Weill Cornell Medical College Oct. 26 to launch the 'public phase' of the university's $4 billion campaign.
Philson Warner, an extension associate with Cornell's Cooperative Extension in New York City, has set up a hydroponics lab for teen inmates at the Rikers Island jail. (Feb. 25, 2009)
Faculty member Daniel R. Schwarz explores a turbulent decade in 'Endtimes? Crises and Turmoil at The New York Times, 1999-2009.' He discusses the new book March 6 at the A.D. White House. (March 1, 2012)
Staff and faculty from a variety of Cornell research centers traveled to New York to spend three days providing underrepresented populations with research-based science education programming. (May 16, 2007)
Cornell will honor its first-ever 80th Reunion class and philanthropist Chuck Feeney '56 will give the annual Olin Lecture June 10 in Bailey Hall, as part of Reunion 2011 weekend, June 9-12. (June 2, 2011)
Restaurateur Dan Barber, who writes on food and agricultural policy and promotes sustainable practices to achieve the best taste in farm and garden-grown foods, will speak in Call Auditorium. (March 17, 2011)
Young Mi Park '79 offered entrepreneurial ideas for fostering career success Dec. 7 at the New York Public Library's Science, Industry and Business Library on Madison Avenue.