Cornell will mark Constitution Day on Friday, Sept. 23, with a program in Goldwin Smith Hall featuring President Hunter R. Rawlings and government Professor Isaac Kramnick.
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 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.
Recent gifts of comic art from two alumni have not only brought some laughter into the rare book vault at Cornell University Library but also some primary sources for scholars studying art and culture.
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)
Make a molecule out of candy, produce ooze or dissect a floppy disk. All three activities will be possible at Engineering Day at Pyramid Mall, Lansing, Saturday, Feb. 17, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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.'
Internationally known novelist Don DeLillo, who rarely makes public appearances, will read from his work Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Cornell's David L. Call Alumni Auditorium.
No matter how fancy an ergonomic office chair is, it's probably not going to help prevent carpal tunnel syndrome or other wrist injuries that result from working at a computer keyboard, according to a new Cornell study.