Nature writer Terry Tempest Williams, author of Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, considered a classic of environmental literature, will present a public lecture at Cornell, Tuesday, March 26. Titled "Homework: The Art of Sustainability," Williams' talk will be in Auditorium D of Goldwin Smith Hall on campus beginning at 7:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public, and no tickets are needed. (March 8, 2002)
Cornell vegetable experts are working with New York Amish and Mennonite communities in using high-tunnel technology, a sort of plastic greenhouse that keeps plants warmer and extends the growing season. (Sept. 5, 2008)
Community colleges nationwide serve 11 million students and are under increased public pressure to develop new programs to meet the training needs of the 21st century workforce and to expand educational opportunities for high school graduates and older workers who need to develop new skills.
Wesley Sine and Shon Hiatt have spent the last few years studying the impact of violence on the small-business climate of Colombia, concluding that instability directly affects entrepreneurs' ability to prosper.
Freeman Hrabowski, a leading expert on improving the academic performance of African-American students in math and science, will be in Ithaca Sunday, Nov. 20, to deliver a Sage Chapel address at Cornell University and be the featured participant in a Community Forum on Education and Society in downtown Ithaca. (November 16, 2005)
Students entering Cornell will consider a crucial moment in American history by reading and discussing Garry Wills' Pulitzer Prize-winning book for the New Student Reading Project. (Aug. 14, 2008)
Events at Cornell this week include Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorations, 'The Godfather' at Cornell Cinema, and new exhibitions at the Johnson Museum of Art and Museum of the Earth.
A book by Gregory S. Alexander, Cornell professor of law, has been named one of the best scholarly works of 1997 by the Association of American Publishers. Alexander's Commodity and Propriety: Competing Visions of Property in American Legal.
Events on campus this week include a concert with soprano Dawn Upshaw, a cross-campus panel on community engagement, student bands on North Campus and Locally Grown Dance at the Schwartz Center. (April 26, 2012)
Ranking as one of the world's greatest scientific and social achievements, the Green Revolution saved millions from starvation in the 1960s and 70s. Now, faced with increasing population growth, environmental degradation and problems of hunger, Cornell University scientists believe the future is bleak.