Jonathan Jansen, vice chancellor and rector of the University of the Free State in South Africa, will give three talks on higher education and South Africa while on campus Oct. 21-23.
A team of researchers, led by Cornell scientists, will explore basic research questions and real-world issues surrounding the transmission of two important agricultural diseases.
A Cornell study shows the protein not only activates some genes involved in the regulation of cell growth and signaling, but also may play a role in preventing cancers by inhibiting cell proliferation. (Dec. 18, 2009)
Laurance and Nancy Fuller are issuing an implicit challenge to others to support Cornell. They have made a multimillion-dollar lead gift to the university to name the H. Laurance and Nancy L. Fuller Learning Center.
A new study reports for the first time how arteries form to supply the looping embryonic gut with blood, and how these arteries guide development of the gut’s lymphatic system.
On May 11, three Cornell Prison Education Program students beamed when judges declared them winners in a debate against the Cornell Speech & Debate Society team.
Michael I. Kotlikoff, professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, has been named dean of the veterinary college, effective July 1. (April 26, 2007)
As part of National Public Health Week, New York Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., visited Cornell April 6 to open a statewide campaign to promote healthy living. (April 8, 2009)
The Institute for Archaeology and Material Studies will provide a new overarching structure for archaeology-related teaching and research across several disciplines at Cornell.