Leading South African trade unionist Tony Ehrenreich is the keynote speaker at Union Days 2005. "Unions in the Global Economy" is the overall theme of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations events, which take place April 6-8 in Ives Hall.
The President's Council of Cornell Women (PCCW) at Cornell will focus on the undergraduate experience at its annual spring meeting on campus March 12-14.
For the first time, scientists have shown how the activity of a gene associated with normal human development, as well as the occurrence of cancer and several other diseases, is repressed epigenetically – by modifying not the DNA code of a gene, but instead the spool-like histone proteins around which DNA tightly wraps itself in the nucleus of cells in the body.
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Following inauguration rehearsal on Sept. 6, Vice Presidents Tommy Bruce, left, and Mary Opperman, inauguration committee co-chairs, pose with M.J. Herson '68 and President David Skorton. Herson…
Cornell University is changing the way in which it handles its intellectual property (IP) and transfers its many new technologies to the public. The changes are designed to foster university-industry research collaborations, promote innovation and encourage entrepreneurship on campus. IP management, licensing and economic development now will be combined in a single office, the Cornell Center for Technology, Enterprise and Commercialization (CCTEC), also referred to as the Cornell Center for Technology or "C-tech." (May 14, 2004)
The Hermanos of La Unidad Latina/Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity Inc. of Cornell and the Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County are hosting the Fourth Annual Latino Street Festival.
Eight weeks ago, none of the 10 students -- eight undergraduates and two on their way to graduate school, from around the United States and the Caribbean -- quite knew what they were getting into. They came to Cornell for a taste…
Events on campus this week include playwright Lauren Feldman '01 at the Schwartz Center, former Black Panther Charlotte O'Neal, talks on poetry and Vietnam, and the 36th Festival of Black Gospel.
International negotiator and former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell will be presented with a $25,000 award at the New York Press Club May 29 at an event tailored to show that there is hope of resolution in even the most bitter disputes.