'Cyberasociality' (inability or unwillingness to relate to others via social media) is the new dyslexia, sociologists say: a kind of online motion sickness.
Events this week include 'Exit Saigon' events, Czech Republic president, Glee Club and a cappella concerts and talks by Glenn Altschuler, Tariq Ali, Jefferson Cowie, Daniel Magaziner and Greg Graffin. (Sept. 16, 2010)
Part of the Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies 40th anniversary celebration was a panel discussion, 'Feminism Mapped,' with some of the program's founders and directors, Feb. 10.
The journey for new students at Cornell begins this week with Orientation 2012, Aug. 17-21, and more than 100 events introducing students to the diverse scope of the university and its resources. (Aug. 15, 2012)
Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers have developed a preclinical model of colorectal cancer in which the disease forms in the correct anatomical location.
José Armando Fernandez Guerrero draws from his past and his love of linguistics to begin to help those speaking an indigenous language receive an education.
Professor of Romance Studies Philip E. Lewis has been appointed vice president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Liberal Arts Colleges Program, effective Feb. 1. (Jan. 29, 2007)
Cornell juniors Joanna Smith and Alexander Bores have been named Truman scholars by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Each will receive a $30,000 scholarship.
A fifth-century mosaic of a lioness attacking an ibex, donated to Cornell by M.H. (Mike) Abrams, now graces the entrance of Goldwin Smith Hall, where Abrams wrote his acclaimed books of literary criticism.