With Flora Rose House opening its doors to a new house dean and intellectual programming, the West Campus Residential Initiative is complete. (Aug. 25, 2009)
At a time when American military forces are stretched thin overseas, a growing number of potential recruits are too fat to enlist, according to an analysis by Cornell economists. (Oct. 14, 2010)
Events on campus this week include an open house for the new Cornell Intercultural Center, 'Ask an Editor,' filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky, and a colloquium talk on the arts by former Provost Don Randel.
SEATTLE -- "Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?" Meteorologist Edward Lorenz once asked in postulating the "butterfly effect," the idea that the flapping of fragile wings could start a chain reaction in the atmosphere. In today's world of the Internet the question might be rephrased: Can a single e-mail from Brazil set off a torrent of action in Texas? Sociologists postulate that what a few influential leaders think and say can spread and grow and bring about big changes in the thinking of large numbers of people. The Internet offers a compelling new place to look for this phenomenon by studying very large groups and especially, seeing how groups change over time. (February 11, 2004)
New York City has a commitment to plant 1 million trees by 2017, and Cornell researchers are helping by aiding in the development of the research agenda for the large-scale urban forestry project. (March 9, 2010)
The Urban Forestry Community Engagement project seeks to recruit and educate urban residents in how to care for young trees in their communities. (Sept. 29, 2010)
Two Cornell researchers provided a Congressional briefing on the potential effects of hydraulic fracturing, used to extract natural gas in rocks deep within the earth, Feb. 22, in Washington, D.C. (March 2, 2010)
Cornell students affiliated with the Immigrant Farmworker Initiative visit farms to teach these workers English. They also work on campus to raise awareness about farmworker issues.