College Scholars in the College of Arts and Sciences who studied climate change, local food movements, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other topics, presented their research April 17.
When members from the Cornell Glee Club's 1966 tour of Southeast Asia joined current members on stage Sept. 19 at Bailey Hall, musical passion poured out - making it a Homecoming concert for the ages.
President David J. Skorton has been named the next secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum and research complex. He will continue all the duties and activities of his office at Cornell through June 30, 2015.
George Paul Hess, professor emeritus of biochemistry and a pioneer in the study of a class of proteins called ion channels that allow specific small molecules to enter cells, died Sept. 9.
A memorial service for the late Eleanor H. Jorden will be held Saturday, Sept. 26, at 4 p.m. in Sage Chapel; a reception will follow in the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room. (Sept. 18, 2009)
Proposal topics include WTO disciplines and biofuels; the process of social displacement and militarization; and the world food crisis as a lens on global development. (Nov. 10, 2008)
Heritage language learners - students who know a language and have perhaps spoken or heard it since birth - are taking courses to address gaps in in reading, writing, pronunciation and vocabulary.
Cornell has accepted 6,062 applicants for admission to the Class of 2017 this fall, out of 40,006 applications received, the highest number of applications to date and 5.8 percent more than in 2012.
Nearly 140 retirees and family members of George Peter gathered at the Cornell Recreation Connection Park Sept. 10 to honor Peter, an active Cornell employee who died in August 2008. (Sept. 16, 2009)
A half century ago, Cornell developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner gave Congressional testimony that eventually led to the creation of the Head Start program.