In the new student-written, original production, the writer-actors perform autobiographical monologues that draw from their personal experiences, each monologue a confession as well as a performance. (Feb. 4, 2010)
A workshop on U.S.-China business relations, featuring a Cornell University benefactor who is one of China's most-successful entrepreneurs, will take place on Cornell's campus Friday, April 12. It is free and open to the puqblic. "China-U.S. Business Relations: Lessons that Stand the Test of Time" will be from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, B-08 Sage Hall. The event, the Moses and Loulu Seltzer Forum, is sponsored by Cornell's East Asia Program and Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise program (EPE). (April 10, 2002)
Shoals Marine Laboratory on Maine's Appledore Island will offer some two dozen courses this summer, not only for college students but also for adults, families and high school students. (March 22, 2011)
Much of the research and discovery in biological science is now taking place at the interface of the life sciences with other disciplines, from materials science to computer engineering.
Events on campus this week include a talk by environmental writer Dan Fagin, a young people's concert with Cornell Symphony Orchestra, and a debate on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.
Aside from its natural beauty, upstate New York is known for an economy that is sluggish, at best. On May 2, 2005, Cornell President Jeffrey S. Lehman will join a host of state leaders, including U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, for a one-day symposium that is dedicated to boosting the upstate economy.
Cornell will serve as one of the viewing sites for the 17th annual World Food Day teleconference, "Poverty and Hunger: The Tragic Link," featuring a conversation with Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics. This year's teleconference examines the complex relationship between hunger and poverty.
Chemical codes that control the behavior of normal and malignant cells have been identified and may lead to more precise treatment for people with leukemia.
About 6,000 graduates will receive their degrees this weekend, May 23-24. Obama strategist David Plouffe is the Convocation speaker May 23, and President David Skorton will deliver the Commencement address May 24.