Sixteen student project teams in the College of Engineering hone their entrepreneurial skills by building vehicles and other projects to enter national competitions.
Panelists discuss Kenya's tribal warfare, politics and elections in a forum in conjunction with Heal Kenya, a campaign at Cornell to raise money to help Kenyans displaced by ethnic violence. (April 2, 2008)
University Archivist Elaine Engst and historian Carol Kammen discussed how blacks and Jews were simultaneously 'part and apart' of the Cornell student body from the beginning in New York, Jan. 26.
When Cornell and Stanford play in the NCAA tournament March 20, it will fan a rivalry that goes far beyond the basketball court, says Cornell's Mort Sosna, who has worked at both universities.
There has been no confirmed 'identity theft' so far resulting from the theft of a Cornell computer, but the university is suggesting that the people whose personal information was on the computer take precautions. (June 26, 2009)
Samuel C. Johnson, chairman emeritus of the Johnson Family of Companies, died May 22 at his home in Racine, Wisc., after a long battle with cancer. He was 76. He was the fourth generation of Johnson family members to head the 118-year-old family-owned group of businesses often referred to as Johnson Wax. Johnson, who earned his undergraduate degree at Cornell University in 1950, was a presidential councillor at Cornell -- the highest honor accorded to an alumnus -- a former trustee and leading benefactor. (May 25, 2004)
Scholars, librarians, publishers and foundation officers discussed the future of scholarly exchange in the humanities at a forum on academic publishing Nov. 7-8 in A.D. White House. (Nov. 11, 2008)
"Dating back to Asian spice trading routes around 200 B.C., globalization began long before the Internet," said Eric Tagliacozzo, Cornell associate professor of history, at a Jan. 14 panel discussion at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Ever since India implemented sweeping economic reforms in 1991, investors and journalists, as well as scholars and students, have been keeping a close watch on its progress. At the end of this month, Cornell will host a weekend workshop devoted to India's emerging economy and featuring some of the people who are most familiar with it.