John Williams '74, who co-founded Frog's Leap winery in the Napa Valley, was one of the first to use sustainable organic practices to produce one. (May 14, 2008)
By the time journalists finish the hands-on workshop "Nanoscale Science Under the Microscope," Oct. 3-5, 2004, at Cornell University, they should know what nanotechnology is.
Joel S. Milner, director of the Center for the Study of Family Violence and Sexual Assault at Northern Illinois University, will give two presentations at Cornell on March 16.
Harry de Gorter and David Just, both Cornell professors of applied economics and management, argue that U.S. energy legislation meant to encourage ethanol production actually subsidizes oil consumption. (May 9, 2008)
Christian Jouhaud, the Luigi Einaudi Chair in Modern European and International Studies at Cornell University, will present the Einaudi Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 4:30 p.m. in the A.D. White House on the Cornell campus.
Jamaica Kincaid, one of the most important and influential authors writing today, will give a reading Friday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall on the Cornell University campus. The event is free and open to the public. Kincaid is the third reader in the James McConkey Readings in American Fiction series sponsored by the Cornell Department of English's Creative Writing Program. The previous readers in the series have been Tobias Wolff, in 2001, and Tim O'Brien, in 1999. (October 15, 2003)
Ivan Hageman, principal and co-founder of the East Harlem School at Exodus House (EHS) in New York City, will speak at Cornell University Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 4:30 p.m. in G73 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
Contrary to what many people believe, preschool children do not adjust how much they eat in response to how much they ate at their last meal or in the past 24 hours or how calorie-rich their meal is. By far, the most powerful predictor for how much children eat is how much food is put on their plate, concludes a new study by Cornell researchers. (June 15, 2005)
NEW YORK -- Cornell's March programs in New York City included a panel discussion about sex after menopause, a workshop on parenting the explosive child and a meeting of New York's former first lady Matilda Raffa Cuomo with…