The transformative global, cultural and societal impacts of the Tata Nano automobile will be discussed March 10-11 at a symposium, 'Unpacking the Nano: The Price of the World's Most Affordable Car.' (March 3, 2011)
Cornell President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes has just published "Earth: A Tenant's Manual," a book exploring planet Earth, from its place in the universe to the evolution of life on its land and in its seas.
Cornell's 108th annual Dragon Day on March 13 featured the usual parade through campus and ritual burning, but this year the dragon survived thanks to state environmental regulations. (March 13, 2009)
Cornell faculty members Sam Beck, Nelson Hairston, Alicia Orta-Ramirez and Thomas Ruttledge have been chosen for the 2013 Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards.
Eleanor Lanahan spoke about her grandparents, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, at the opening of the exhibition 'Zelda by Herself: The Art of Zelda Fitzgerald,' March 5. (March 7, 2007)
The lab of Yimon Aye, assistant professor of chemistry, has developed a new genome-wide method for identifying and analyzing proteins that could be suitable targets for drug delivery.
Cornell chemists have uncovered a fresh role for nitric oxide that could send biochemical textbooks back for revision. They have identified a key step in the nitrification process, which contributes to global warming.
With more than 20 percent voter turnout, Cornell's employees elected new members to the Employee Assembly and approved changes to the EA charter. (May 8, 2009)
In class projects, landscape architecture and real estate students teamed up to create designs of the built environment for the CornellNYC Tech campus. (April 30, 2012)
Editors' picks for events the week of Nov. 21 include Zen meditation, films for children, a calligraphy exhibition and a lecture on the precarious state of the honeybee. (Nov. 21, 2008)