Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has signed a memorandum of understanding with École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris to facilitate academic exchanges and to support collaborative research activities…
Government professors Benedict Anderson, Ph.D. '67, and Peter Katzenstein have been elected to the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States. (May 7, 2009)
Political scientist Roxanne Euben to speak on 'Travel, Translation and Comparative Political Theory' for fifth Cornell College of Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture, Sept. 15. (Sept. 7, 2010)
Bishop Gene Robinson said at an April 7 CURW event in New York City that the Bible is silent on homosexuality and that he predicts the church will eventually reverse its position on the issue. (April 11, 2011)
MRI-guided ultrasound ablation, a new noninvasive treatment for tremors being offered at Weill Cornell Medicine, is helping people with essential tremors.
Professor Matthew Evangelista, in giving one of the Cornell Context lectures for the 2013 New Student Reading Project, said that human rights violations, such as the Japanese-American internment in World War II, persist today.
How well a parent can capture and keep a 2-year-old's attention on a toy may be more important than just a pleasant way to pass the time. Such "attention directing" among low-income children may be related to why some poor children have good self-control under stress and get along well with others and why some don't, according to recent Cornell University research.
At 15 low-income schools spread across six New York state counties, elementary students are growing fruits and vegetables - and their minds, with Cornell's help. (Oct. 17, 2012)
An alumni panel of experts discussed the nation's legacy of debt and future of global recovery at a Cornell Wall Street event April 24 in Washington, D.C. (April 26, 2012)