In honor of the Dalai Lama's October visit, Cornell Library is exploring the different schools of Buddhism across Asia with an exhibition and lecture series, 'Bridging Worlds: Buddhist Words and Works.' (Sept. 28, 2007)
Cornell's Mann Library has added the first 20 volumes of The American Bee Journal, the first English-language journal devoted to the beekeeping field, to its online library of historical beekeeping materials.
A new and improved online Courses of Study is now available, offering more accuracy and easier searches than the old one or the paper version, which has been discontinued. (July 28, 2011)
The Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC), a national research center at Cornell University, will hold its annual meeting June 21 in 700 Clark Hall on the Cornell campus. The meeting, under the theme of "Moving Into the Future," will feature presentations on current research, including opportunities in medicine and life sciences and the novel properties of nanostructures. The public is invited to attend the meeting without charge, although there will be limited seating. (June 10, 2002)
'Cornell (infra) Red,' a photographic exhibit of Cornell as seen in the infrared wavelength, by Kent Loeffler, is on display at Albert R. Mann Library Gallery on campus through June 30. (May 10, 2010)
From its founding Cornell has been a secular institution, but when the university offered the School for Missionaries from 1930 to 1964 – a four-week course for missionaries on furlough – it became instantly popular.
Bacteria possess built-in machinery that track the shape and quality of proteins trying to pass through its cytoplasmic membrane, Cornell biomolecular engineers report. (Aug. 2, 2012)
Two national contests - one to recycle and compost campuswide and another to conserve energy and water in residence halls - mix fun with raising awareness about conservation on campus.
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's $124.3 billion executive budget proposal provides renewed support to higher education in New York, says Ronald Seeber, Cornell vice provost for land grant affairs. (Feb. 15, 2008)