To commemorate its 150th anniversary, Cornell Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections sponsored a faculty panel discussion and a reading of the Gettysburg Address by President David Skorton Nov. 19.
Professor of classics and history Eric Rebillard and Anna Marie Smith, professor of government, have received fellowships for 2008-09 to support extradisciplinary training for their research projects. (April 16, 2008)
Among U.S. teens who are frequent smokers, nearly half of girls and one-third of boys smoke to control their weight, according to a new study. Even more common is smoking to lose weight among teens who feel "much too fat."
Shariah Harris ’20 has been called “trailblazer” and “barrier-breaker,” and the Cornell women’s polo star and animal science major does embody those labels. But she doesn’t let them define her.
“Democratic Trajectories in Africa: Unraveling the Impact of Foreign Aid,” co-edited by Professor Nicolas van de Walle, explores whether foreign aid in Africa has helped or hindered democratization efforts.
The Ithaca campus now has a billion reasons to pause and enjoy the early successes of the Far Above à campaign, having sailed passed that fund-raising milestone just recently with a flurry of gifts to the humanities and social sciences. (Nov. 2, 2007)
Qi Wang, associate professor of human development in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell, has been selected as the 2006 recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the International Society for the Study of Behavioral…
The first-ever Industrial Hemp Summit on April 18 at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences looked at industrial hemp as a lucrative addition to New York agriculture.
The plant nicknamed "Wee Stinky," one of two flowering-sized titan arums in Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory, is prepping for a dazzling reproductive effort to make itself big, hot and smelly.