In an interview April 26, Hunter R. Rawlings III, Cornell president emeritus and professor emeritus of classics, discussed "pinch-hitting" as interim president and some of the challenges ahead for Cornell and higher education.
Cornell classics professor Eric Rebillard has been awarded a $45,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support his research on funerary behaviors among the common people of the Roman Empire. (Jan. 18, 2010)
Jason Koski/University PhotographyArtist Patrick Dougherty's Collegetown sculpture has been erected over the past several weeks. Above, people check out the finished work during the opening reception Sept. 21.Lindsay France…
A team of Cornell researchers have found new complexities in the superfluid state of liquid helium with implications for the study of superconductivity and theoretical models of the origin of the universe.
The Institute for the Social Sciences has announced the recipients of its biannual small grant award for interdisciplinary research and conference support. (Dec. 21, 2009)
Tall tales writ large adorn the walls of the Johnson Museum's lower gallery, where the story cloths of Bali hang like a collage clipped from a giant graphic novel. Indeed these embroideries represent narratives of epic…
Paul Milstein Hall cleared its final municipal hurdle Jan. 27 with a unanimous 6-0 vote on final site plan approval from the city of Ithaca's Planning and Development Board. (Jan. 29, 2009)
Gregory Poe, professor of applied economics and management, died unexpectedly March 11 at his home in Ithaca. His work focused on applied welfare economics, nonmarket valuation, experimental economics and water pollution policy.
Cornell researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that helps convert nitrogen-based fertilizer into nitrous oxide, an ozone-depleting greenhouse gas.