The physicist is one of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 14 countries selected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. (April 29, 2010)
New research at Cornell using computed tomography technology has gone a long way toward showing that lungs and gas bladders really are variations of the same organ.
Kenneth Evett, painter and professor emeritus of art at Cornell University, died May 28 in Ithaca. He was 91. A prolific painter, he exhibited in national group shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority received the first Cornell Partners in Sustainability Award April 21 for its leadership and financial support of innovative projects. (April 22, 2010)
More than 50 medievalists gathered at the A.D. White House Dec. 8 for the annual festival of readings and song, sponsored by the Medieval Studies program. (Dec. 14, 2010)
The history of labor in the U.S. South begins in its cotton fields and mills, with workers laboring under harsh conditions at exploitatively low wages. "What other job? This is the only job," said Sally Field in the title role of the film "Norma Rae," based on a true story about Crystal Lee Sutton, a home-grown union organizer at a J.P. Stevens plant in a small southern mill town in the 1970s. Today improved working conditions through the growth of such textile workers' unions as UNITE, countered by weakened labor laws, the shift in manufacturing jobs overseas and the growth in the service sector are among the forces shaping labor in the southern United States. The southern U.S. labor picture, then and now, and related topics will be addressed at Cornell University's first Southern Labor Conference this Wednesday, April 16, in PepsiCo Auditorium in 305 Ives Hall on Cornell's campus. The event, which is being run by the Southern Organization, a Cornell student group interested in culture, social and political issues in the U.S. South, starts at 4:30 p.m. (April 14, 2003)
Native American dancers clad in leather and feathers danced to the beat of one drum as they showcased years of Native American history at the 10th annual Iroquois Smoke Dance held April 10. (April 12, 2010)
Extraverted schoolchildren serve more cereal to themselves - while youthful introverts take less - according to a study from the Cornell laboratory of Brian C. Wansink.
Highlights of the weekend include the Convocation address by poet Maya Angelou on May 24 and President David Skorton's Commencement address, May 25. (May 19, 2008)