A Cornell-led collaboration is turning DNA from organic matter – such as onions, fish and algae – into biodegradable gels and plastics. The resulting materials could be used to create plastics and methods for drug delivery.
Twelve employers, along with a former inmate now working as a union carpentry representative, met with 78 incarcerated men Oct. 4 at the Queensboro Correctional Facility in New York City.
Nominations of underrepresented tenured faculty as sought for the Public Voices Fellowship, a new initiative to increase the public impact of the nation’s top thought leaders.
Cornell students and mentors traveled to Honduras Jan. 12-19 to work with a group, Mayor Potencial, focused on improving education opportunities in rural areas of the nation.
Cornell's Inclusive Early Childhood Community Art Program, launched Feb. 14, and revived Cornell Colleague Network Groups are among new diversity and inclusion initiatives. (March 17, 2011)
The Department of Neurobiology and Behavior celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. About half of the department's doctoral alumni will return to campus Nov. 1.
MSNBC host and scholar of African-American politics Melissa Harris-Perry will deliver the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Feb. 23 in Sage Chapel.
Teenage girls do worse in their education, careers and social lives when they have more high-achieving boys in their classes, according to a new study by two Cornell economists.
A group of architecture graduate students traveled to Colombia to study the city of Bogota’s natural boundary with adjacent mountains and suggest sustainable solutions for this part of the city.