Ristorante Banfi at Cornell's Statler Hotel has received its first Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator magazine. The award will be listed in the Aug. 31 issue of the magazine.
A yearlong series at the Africana Studies and Research Center will explore freedom, citizenship and democracy with panels and guest speakers. The next events are Oct. 15 and Oct. 25. (Oct. 11, 2012)
In an example of cross-campus collaboration, a group led by Minglin Ma has developed a unique implant for controlling type 1 diabetes, which affects more than 1 million Americans.
An asteroid's external features, when analyzed carefully, can say a lot about its interior. So it was while he was mapping the surface of the asteroid 433 Eros that Peter Thomas, a senior research associate in astronomy at Cornell, found a simple solution to an earlier puzzle about the asteroid's composition.
The Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory at Cornell is hosting an open house, Saturday, June 11, from 1 to 4 p.m. to celebrate the 2005 World Year of Physics. Featured will be entertaining and educational activities for visitors of all ages, and everyone is welcome. The open house is one of a series of events marking the World Year of Physics, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's revolutionary scientific breakthroughs in the year 1905.
More than 650 scientists, physicians and other health care practitioners gathered in Doha for the XVII International DALM Symposium on Diabetes, Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome, March 14-16. (March 16, 2011)
Alumna Megan Shull gives kids food for thought in her new novel "The Swap." She'll discuss the book Sept. 9 at the Hangar Theatre with Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 and columnist Amy Dickinson.
An interactive family forum on global warming and a series of hands-on science activities for children and families were featured at Ithaca's Sciencenter Feb. 17. (Feb. 20, 2007)