The Cornell Law School's Summer Institute of International and Comparative Law at the University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne, attracts students from all over the world to study how other legal systems function. (Aug. 24, 2007)
A conversation with architect and alumnus Richard Meier about the design of Weill Hall in relation to the campus and designing a building to meet the needs of its users. (Oct. 10, 2008)
Matthew Belmonte, assistant professor of human development, is looking for order behind the many behavioral and physiological features of autism. (Oct. 12, 2009)
Do you want to give kids the gift of a green thumb? Learn how to teach children about gardening at a two-day educational symposium, "Education in Blossom: The School Garden - Community Partnership," July 31 to Aug. 1, at the State University of New York College at Cortland, hosted by the college and Cornell.
BALTIMORE -- A Cornell University economist is calling for the adoption of a progressive consumption tax over the controversial flat tax proposal as a way of curing America's most pressing economic ills: income inequality and slow growth.
A six-day safari for two in Kenya is among the items that will be up for bid in an auction Saturday, Nov. 15, sponsored by students in the Cornell School of Hotel Administration to benefit Ithaca-area charities and a Hotel School scholarship fund. The silent auction begins at 4:30 p.m. in the Carrier Ballroom of the Statler Hotel, which will be followed by a live auction at 6 p.m.
The French Studies Program at Cornell is launching its first annual French Festival on campus from Nov. 5 through Nov. 23. Called La Quinzaine, which means fortnight, the festival will include two weeks of lectures, movies, round table discussions, films, recitations, culinary events and concerts.
Last April Swedish scientists discovered high levels of a potentially cancer-causing chemical called acrylamide in wide range of starch-containing foods that are fried or baked, particularly french fries, potato chips and crackers.
ST. LOUIS -- There were plenty of reasons to camp out inside the cavernous America's Center convention hall in St. Louis last weekend. They included in-depth discussions on biological imaging, black holes and the evolution of…
ST. LOUIS -- When a virus infects a computer or a hacker steals credit card numbers from an online retailer's Web site, programmers aren't the only ones at fault. Existing laws and public policy are also significant impediments…