The fittest of the "Greatest Generation," the now-elderly men who played varsity sports before serving in World War II, have a message for the younger generation: "Get off your duff, kid!"
Cornell will host an open house on Oct. 15 on campus for prospective freshman students at two of its New York state contract colleges - the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR.)
The $150 million gift given by Fisk Johnson and his company to endow the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business marks the latest chapter in a relationship between the Johnson family and Cornell University that extends more than 120 years.
Officials from the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan's largest agricultural research institute, signed a memorandum of understanding Oct. 10 to foster research collaborations with Cornell University. (October 18, 2005)
Researchers at Cornell and Weill Cornell Medical College have received a $1.34 million grant to study whether obesity changes breast tissue in a manner similar to tumors, thereby permitting the disease to develop.
As the warm temperatures of spring start a little earlier each year due to climate change, bees and plants are keeping pace, according to a new study. (Dec. 12, 2011)
The chair of the Department of Architecture in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning has been endowed by renowned architect Richard Meier, B.Arch. '56.
Susan Murphy, vice president for student and academic services, expressed the university's condolences on the deaths of Clayton DeFisher and Adam Frey during the university's winter break.
Agroforestry experts are encouraging farmers to get into fungi, particularly shiitake and lion's mane mushrooms. Camp Mushroom at the Arnot Teaching and Research Forest, April 13-14, will show them how.