American Indians from communities in upstate New York, including the Oneida and Onondaga Nations, came to campus for Cornell's Ninth Annual Powwow and Smokedance, Saturday, April 12. (April 15, 2008)
More than 150 students at the School of Hotel Administration had worked since last fall to pull off the conference for leaders of the hospitality industry.
Has a 1991 Supreme Court ruling led to more prejudiced verdicts in capital cases and more defendants on death row? Statements about a victim's virtues have become a common feature of capital trials in the United States since Payne vs. Tennessee, when the nation's highest court ruled that victim impact statements (VIS) in death penalty cases were admissible in court. Scholars have argued about the effects of such statements on jurors' verdicts. Now, that controversial subject will be discussed at length at a day-long symposium at Cornell University Law School March 2. Also addressed will be the supposition that executions bring relief to the families of victims. (February 27, 2002)
The first Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference, held Jan. 29-31 in Washington, D.C., gathered alumni volunteers from Cornell Clubs, classes, associations and regions. (Feb. 4, 2010)
The Junior FIRST LEGO League Expo featured 18 teams of elementary school students from upstate New York who displayed their working LEGO models. (Feb. 1, 2010)
A device that uses image processing to instantly identify a prescription drug took top honors at the first Cornell Cup USA Presented by Intel, May 4-5. (May 10, 2012)
Karen Chi Lin '13 and Andrew Schoen '12 have received 2011 Morris K. Udall Scholarships for students with an interest in careers in environmental public policy, health care and tribal public policy. (April 20, 2011)