The Manhattan area has the most urban estuary on the planet. So imagine it with oyster reefs, shoreline wetlands in Harlem, public waterfront for small boats, bird-nesting islands and thriving populations of striped bass and…
A group of Cornell graduate students has formed a consulting firm to find ways to relocate a camp of earthquake survivors to a better site and secure permanent new housing opportunities. (March 18, 2010)
The Cornell Board of Trustees recently elected three new trustee fellows and re-elected three at-large trustees, one trustee from the field of agriculture and two trustee fellows.
In Ensemble X's April Fool's Day concert, all is not as it seems. Coded messages, double meanings, pandemonium and musical mishaps abound. The free is concert on Saturday, April 1, at 8 p.m. in Barnes Hall.
Thousands of women sit in prison because they fought back against an abusive person in their lives, but they don't always get to share their stories in court, said panelists Feb. 24 at the Cornell Law School. (March 1, 2010)
The Appel Institute for Alzheimer's Research at Weill Cornell Medical College will seek to better understand the debilitating disease, develop treatments and eventually find a cure.
Building on its existing strengths, coordinating resources and making additional investments will help Cornell enhance and solidify its status as a top school for international studies and engagement, says a new report.
Former Israeli prime minister and Nobel laureate Shimon Peres will visit Cornell on Nov. 28 to speak about Israel and the prospects for peace in the Middle East.
The talk, "A Conversation with Shimon Peres on Israel and the…
A study shows how a positive outlook can reduce the suffering of chronic pain; another how it eases the potentially devastating effects of being widowed. Both are published in Psychology and Aging. (Jan. 26, 2011)
The formation of a search committee for Cornell University's 12th president began less than a month after President Jeffrey S. Lehman's sudden resignation on June 11, 2005.