Events this week include readings by student, alumni and faculty writers; former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle on clean energy and So Percussion performing music by Steve Reich '57 and student composers.
Kinniya Hospital on the east coast of Sri Lanka was destroyed by the Dec. 26 tsunami, and its 40 patients and hospital staff are missing. It was just one of many buildings poorly prepared for actual disaster. In the weeks and months ahead, scientists and engineers will be studying damage sites all over the island to evaluate the power of the tidal wave and recommend new construction standards to help such buildings withstand the expected stresses. A new Web site at Cornell University is giving researchers the information they need as well as helping relief workers do their jobs on the devastated island. The creator of the site hopes it will serve as a model for the distribution of information in future disasters. (January 24, 2005)
Cornell Cooperative Extension and National 4-H Week will be celebrated Oct. 6-13 on the Cornell campus. This year's theme is 'Nutrition, Health and Safety.'
Cornell announced today the endowment of a $50,000 fellowship, the IBM University Partnership Award, to support outstanding students of computer and computational science at Cornell. The fellowship, which will begin in Fall 1998, will be administered through the Cornell Theory Center.
Researchers describe how brain cells process antidepressants, cocaine and amphetamines. The findings could lead to more targeted medications for psychiatric diseases and addiction. (Sept. 17, 2008)
Tommy Bruce, vice president for university communications, recently met with Chronicle editors to discuss the forthcoming changes in the way the Chronicle delivers the news. (May 8, 2009)
NEW YORK -- At an international symposium June 25, Weill Cornell Medical College unveiled the latest star on its prostate cancer surgical team: a robot named da Vinci. The robot emulates the anatomic precision of its namesake to offer a new, minimally invasive and less compromising approach to prostatectomy, the removal of the prostate gland.
GENEVA, N.Y. -- Robert M. Pool, professor emeritus of viticulture at Cornell, died at his home June 10 after a long illness. Pool's research, extension work and teaching contributed significantly to the science and practice of…
The leader of the Los Angeles County Home-Care Workers Union, the second largest local in the nation, and a labor reporter for the Chicago Tribune who was a Pulitzer prize nominee are part of Union Days 2002 at Cornell University. This year's theme, "Unions, Democracy and Civil Society," looks at the role of the labor movement in achieving political and economic justice. Union Days, which aims to make students aware of the issues at the forefront of labor organizing, takes place at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), Ives Hall, April 10-12. Events are free and open to the public. (April 3, 2002)