The Cornell University Board of Trustees has approved a recommendation to create e-Cornell, a legally separate but Cornell-controlled for-profit company to create and market distance learning programs.
New high-resolution images from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft comparing the ice caps at the red planet's north and south poles show the difference between the two regions is the 'cheese.'
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will address issues of women's leadership and her view of women leaders in the 21st century Friday, March 10, in a public lecture in Barton Hall on the Cornell campus.
It would be one of the largest scientific instruments ever assembled, a radio telescope composed of perhaps 1,000 antennas spread out over more than 600 miles and costing more than $600 million.
Cornell scientists have demonstrated that creating a refuge in a crop field reduces the chance of insects developing resistance to transgenic insecticidal plants. Researchers report on their finding in the current (March) issue of the journal.
The EMBA - or executive option to the MBA program at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management - allows working professionals to earn a master's degree in business administration in just two years, without a break in service from their regular jobs or a loss in salary.
Rocco Scanza, a nationally known mediator who lives in Los Angeles, was appointed the first executive director of the Alliance for Education in Dispute Resolution.