The late Barclay Gibbs Jones -- a mentor, prolific scholar and visionary professor of planning at Cornell for more than 35 years -- was honored by alumni and colleagues Dec. 1 in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning…
Twenty-five years ago next week, humanity sent its first and only deliberate radio message to extraterrestrials. Nobody has called back yet, but that's OK -- we weren't really expecting an answer. (November 12, 1999)
Teams of students in two College of Human Ecology courses worked together to design functional and appealing activity areas for Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
The Pathology Teaching and Diagnostic Complex at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine has been upgraded for the first time since it was built in the 1950s.
"Equality." Just about everyone in an egalitarian society agrees that equality is a positive concept. But beneath that explicit attitude lies the shadow: a matrix of implicit judgments and attitudes cloaked in a subtle scrim of…
Events on campus this week include jazz trio The Bad Plus in Bailey Hall, a film shedding light on student diversity issues, and a student digital technology showcase. (March 29, 2012)
Cornell will honor 35 secondary school teachers, some from as far away as Russia, Singapore and India, May 26. The teachers were selected by Cornell's Merrill Presidential Scholars program.
Celebrating a promotion, corporate takeover or stock split? What about toasting a 50th anniversary? Or planning a casual get-together to relive your college days with former classmates? A Cornell wine education and management professor says each occasion calls for a different wine, whether it be a Merlot, a Reisling or a Cabernet Sauvignon.
It doesn't have a brain or a heart, and its walk is a little like the scarecrow's, but a little headless, armless, trunkless two-legged robot, developed at Cornell University, can walk, wobble, hobble, limp, stride and stagger. But it can't stand still in any position without falling over. (April 7, 1998)
Professor Michael Kotlikoff, incoming dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, discusses research, trends and the hospital for animals. (May 16, 2007)