Pamela Wallin, Canadian consul general in New York City, will speak on the topic "The Media and Diplomacy: Influencing Public Perceptions of Canada-U.S. Relations" on the Cornell campus Thursday, Jan. 23.
From getting to know a new governor to educating politicians about Cornell's land-grant mission, Stephen Philip Johnson, the new vice president for government and community relations, faces an array of responsibilities.
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.
Decade of Challenge: From developing artificial skin to relieving chronic pain in the elderly, research collaborations between the Ithaca and New York City campuses are improving the quality of life.
Event this week include the annual Vet College Open House, a series of Spanish-language "city films," Southeast Asian Language Week, a debate on free speech and the return of the Farmers' Market at Cornell.
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.
President David Skorton and Joseph Fins of Weill Cornell Medical College have been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
Cornell's first president, Andrew D. White, and his successors, saw medicine as a crucial university offering, and courses in the medical sciences were first offered in 1878. (Sept. 20, 2007)