A plateau on Mars known as Home Plate was likely the site of explosive volcanic activity, say scientists. And data collected by the rover Spirit also offers further evidence that water was once present at or beneath the planet's surface. (May 8, 2007)
The Johnson School's Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise is helping to alleviate poverty by partnering multinational corporations with local communities in poor areas of the world. (June 25, 2008)
Publication in the journal Nature is a coup for any research team, but Weill Cornell Medical College investigators have earned recognition in the journal four times in recent months with landmark findings.
The hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, where Paul Rusesabagina sheltered 1,200 people in 1994 has the picturesque name Des Mille Collines -- French for 1,000 hills.
Concerned that changes in climate and landscape are affecting birds in North America, scientists at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society are asking volunteers across the continent to log on Feb. 18-21.
The Tower of Babel might get built after all. While thousands of different languages are spoken around the world, 90 percent of them are dying and are expected to vanish in the next few decades. But Cornell University engineers have come up with a mathematical model that for the first time quantifies "language death" and may offer strategies for those who want to preserve an endangered language. (September 11, 2003)
Cornell officially strengthened its already sizable New York City presence Sept. 13 with the dedication of the glittering, futuristic Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island.
Some 150 scholars of Asia will convene at Cornell University Oct. 26 and 27 for the New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS). The conference is open to the public, but registration is required.
Events on campus this week include the organ open house, wildflower and bird walks, several fundraisers, an investments update, Janus Trio and Ian Hobson concerts, PCCW presentation, Elie Wiesel. (April 22, 2010)
Ruling that it could find no rational basis in the record, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York in Albany today unanimously upheld Tompkins County Supreme Court Justice Robert C. Mulvey's June 9, 2004, decision ordering the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission to grant the approval sought by Cornell University for a replacement parking lot proposed as part of its West Campus Residential Initiative. This ruling is the latest of three successive judicial rulings in Cornell's favor. "The West Campus Residential Initiative is an exciting part of Cornell's academic program for the future. We hope that now, with this decision, this matter is finally resolved and Cornell and the city can move forward cooperatively," said Cornell Vice President Thomas Bruce, commenting on today's ruling by the appellate court in Albany.