Organized by Modesto Quiroga, Cornell’s Cosmopolitan Club first met Nov. 10, 1904, in Barnes Hall, with 60 students attending. For the next five decades, the Cosmopolitan Club fostered international awareness and elevated peaceful thoughts.
At its meeting on Friday, Jan. 23, the Board of Trustees approved a set of planning parameters for the 2004-05 budget that calls for a 4.8 percent tuition increase for most students in the endowed colleges.
Cornell Hillel students traveled to Ukraine June 15 for a nine-day service trip to serve elderly and disabled Jews, many of whom live in poverty. (July 24, 2008)
New York, NY (February 14, 2003) -- A new laser technology has shown promising early results for the reversal of presbyopia, a progressive stiffening of the eye's lens that occurs with aging and compromises an individual's near vision, or the ability to read without glasses. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center, first in the New York City-area to offer the new procedure, is currently seeking participants for a Phase II clinical trial of the innovative technology, called OptivisionTM."Everyone over the age of 50 could potentially benefit from this new high-tech treatment," said Dr. Sandra Belmont, Principal Investigator of the new trial and Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College. "The procedure, which takes only thirty minutes per eye, involves eight tiny laser incisions in the sclera, or the white of the eye. This allows the lens to expand, and enables the eye to focus at different distances. Within an hour, patients are able to read without glasses."
Pest management researchers at Cornell University and the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station are trying to keep insects from bugging you at the dinner table.
The Chinese Youth Goodwill Mission, a 21-member ensemble from the Republic of Taiwan, will present a performance extravaganza Friday, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m. in Cornell's Statler Auditorium. The show, which is open to the public.
Incoming students are typically advised to make the most of their time at Cornell. Fifth-year student David Evan Todd has taken that dictum further than most.
New York City life is tough on trees. Compacted soil with high pH, low-hanging utility wires, an environment often hot and dry, and the city's harsh winters challenge a tree's survival and colorful foliage.
So Cornell…
Eleanor Lanahan spoke about her grandparents, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, at the opening of the exhibition 'Zelda by Herself: The Art of Zelda Fitzgerald,' March 5. (March 7, 2007)