A substantial number of older persons are physically or mentally abused, and mistreated seniors are three times more likely to die within three years than those who are not abused, a study done for Cornell researchers.
Professor's new book shows how Jacqueline Kahanoff's philosophy of 'Levantinism,' advocating a multicultural society in Israel is still relevant today.
The Cornell University Board of Trustees will hold its first meeting of 2001 at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City, Jan. 25 through 27.
Strategies for improving retention and achievement among minority college students were explored at a conference sponsored by Cornell, the Teagle Foundation and Credit Suisse, Oct. 2-3 in New York City. (Oct. 4, 2007)
The Greek Tri-Council, which governs Cornell's nearly 70 fraternities and sororities, contributed $2,000 from a change drive for suicide prevention; 300 students also volunteered in the town May 1.
Professor Emeritus Tony Ingraffea explained a statewide green energy plan in his keynote address at the President’s Sustainable Campus Committee annual summit Nov. 18, and winners of the Cornell University Partners in Sustainability Award were announced.
Weill Cornell Medicine celebrated one of its best Match Days ever March 17, with 100 percent of the graduating medical students matching to residency positions - the next three to seven years of their medical careers.
Events on campus this week include a reopening celebration on Schwartz Plaza, "Dial M for Murder" in 3-D, an International Fair, a jazz combo performance, and exhibits in Kroch Library, Ives Hall and the Human Ecology Building.
Outreach and leadership will strengthen worker rights, but a cultural shift is needed in the way we think and talk about work, panelists said at the Sept. 12 launch of Cornell's Worker Institute. (Sept. 17, 2012)
Astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger, leader of a research group at the Max Planck Institute, joins the Cornell astronomy faculty as an associate professor to work on the age-old question: Are we alone in the universe?