The Shimon Peres lecture at Cornell, scheduled for April 30, has been canceled. The Cornell University Program Board, sponsor of the event, has been informed by Peres' speaking agency that the cancellation is due to political developments in Israe.
Some 80 percent of older moms admit they have a favorite among their grown children, according to a new Cornell University/Louisiana State University pilot study, and about 80 percent of children said they always knew it. But when asked which kid was mom's favorite, most adult children get it wrong.
The American pater familias has come a long way from "Father Knows Best" to deadbeat dad, house hubby and "main squeeze." To find out just how far, scholars tracking the movements of the elusive modern sire and his manifold forms…
The Cornell Faculty Institute for Diversity is set for June 1-4. Organizers in the Diversity Council and the Center for Learning and Teaching hope that participants from many disciplines will incorporate elements of diversity into their courses. (Jan. 25, 2008)
Edged attacks, wry humor and sharp differences on issues from taxes and state government corruption to gay marriage and abortion brought a Cornell audience, and viewers across the state, a lively first gubernatorial debate…
Teatrotaller, Cornell's Spanish and Latino theatre troupe, will celebrate its 20th performance since 1993 with a production of "Johnny Tenorio," a Chicano play in Spanish by distinguished playwright Carlos Morton.
Three professors discussed the status of Egypt's turmoil Feb. 9. One stressed that social media played a key role in triggering the protests; another that nothing has changed yet. (Feb. 10, 2011)
When Theodore C. Bestor haunts the wharves of New England and the Tsukiji Wholesale Seafood Market in Tokyo, he's not just looking for really fresh fish. What the Cornell University social anthropologist is learning about Japanese expectations for imported seafood may aid the U.S. trade balance.
"I didn't attach writing to politics; I just thought it was important to inform Swazis about certain simple things that can be harmful," says writer Sarah Mkhonza [pronounced mm-KON-za] of her fictional stories that tell of…