From the rooftops of Cornell’s proposed North Campus Residential Expansion, the university hopes to gather enough solar energy to offset electricity use, create energy and reduce its carbon footprint.
The Bronfenbrenner Center’s Cornell Project 2Gen was in Albany to meet with state legislators and present findings on their research into families and incarceration.
President Barack Obama has announced that he will appoint G. Peter Lepage, physicist and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, to the National Science Board, which governs the National Science Foundation. (Nov. 20, 2012)
Nicolas van de Walle, government professor at Cornell University whose research focuses on democratization and the politics of economic reform in Africa, says the coup may temper Mugabe’s excesses but is unlikely to bring about political reform.
Cornell’s Adult University, “a learning vacation” for the family, combines academics with the fun of a summer trip to Ithaca and Summer College brings talented high school students to campus.
The jury is out in terms of the effectiveness of high-intensity focused ultrasound to create prostate cancer, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.
Provost Kent Fuchs announced Dec. 1 that the Africana Studies and Research Center will move to the College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1, 2011, as a precursor to the establishment of a Ph.D. program.
Events on campus this week include Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrations, a screening of "Nosferatu" with live music in Sage Chapel; and exhibitions on political Americana and historic preservation.
Cornell University will participate in two programs newly created by New York state to provide tuition aid for state residents who meet certain income and course load requirements.
