Events on campus this month include free performances, lectures and concerts; new exhibitions at the Johnson Museum, wearable tech in the Jill Stuart Gallery and an exoplanet researchers' symposium.
Cornell Death Penalty Project Director John Blume discussed the challenges of providing due process to death row inmates with mental impairments, Feb. 24, citing a particular case he's working on. (Feb. 25, 2011)
At the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium Aug. 26-27, Cornell professor Eswar Prasad said emerging economies can improve their stability by avoiding advanced economies' debt. (Sept. 1, 2011)
Eboo Patel, executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core and this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture speaker, Feb. 21 in Sage Chapel, stressed tolerance and interfaith cooperation. (Feb. 22, 2011)
For the fourth year in a row, a class in the College of Human Ecology is giving $10,000 to local nonprofit organizations in the Ithaca community as part of a learning experience about philanthropy. (May 4, 2009)
Up to half of older Americans could postpone going into nursing homes if more group housing options were available, say two Cornell researchers. Although group living offers seniors lower-cost housing, independence, social interaction and a wide range of household and health services.
While humans stray from their mates for any number of reasons, superb starling females appear to stray for the sake of their chicks, according to recent Cornell research. (June 19, 2007)
President Hunter Rawlings briefed smiling members of the Cornell Board of Trustees, at its final meetings May 25 and 26, on three key areas in which the university has made great strides over the past academic year: research, admissions and faculty and staff salaries.
Steven Strogatz presented the talk, Doing Math in Public: From the Columns of The New York Times to 'The Calculus of Friendship,' as part of the Conversations at Keeton discussion series. (Feb. 14, 2011)