Mathematics professor John Hubbard discussed how closing roads and bridges helps speed up traffic in his April 30 talk, 'The Price of Anarchy,' as part of Math Awareness Month. (May 9, 2011)
Patricia Ziegler, former lecturer of human development, died Feb. 23 at her home in Ithaca. A public memorial service will take place April 18 at 3 p.m. in 280 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall. (March 26, 2009)
A Cornell parent-education program has shown it can triple the likelihood that parents will discuss risk reduction and related information about HIV, the AIDS virus, with their children. The program also significantly increases the likelihood that the parents themselves will make personal risk behavior changes and obtain HIV testing.
The Cornell University Board of Trustees recently elected four emeritus trustees and five presidential councillors in recognition of their distinguished service to the university. (Sept. 13, 2010)
Internationally renowned architect Peter Eisenman will speak on campus Sept. 13. His talk is the first in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning Dean's 2005-06 Lecture Series.
Doctoral student Meredith Ramirez Talusan, M.A. ’11, who studies comparative literature, serendipitously taught a Filipino woman how to knit. A year later she started a social enterprise that now employs 25 knitters in the Philippines.
Undergraduates and graduate students are learning about museum practice from a variety of disciplinary perspectives in courses partnering the Johnson Museum with other academic resources at Cornell.
Alumni, President Skorton and five past and present deans helped Cornell's School of Hotel Administration celebrate its 85th anniversary Sept. 24 in New York City. (Sept. 28, 2007)
Former NYC police investigator Christian Saffran is beginning his first year in the Tri-Institutional M.D.-Ph.D. Program to follow his dream of becoming a physician scientist.