Cornell's advanced degree program in biological sciences has risen significantly in rankings by U.S. News and World Report in its "America's Best Graduate Schools 2007" annual report, released April 14.
The report placed Cornell…
Cornell's advanced degree program in biological sciences jumped from 14th in the nation to seventh in U.S. News and World Report's 'America's Best Graduate Schools 2007' annual report. (May 4, 2006)
Events this week include music and Warhol films, street dance at the Schwartz Center, Ensemble X, scholars discussing African migration to America, and a conference on the work of Dominick LaCapra. (Sept. 24, 2009)
Into the Streets, a program of the Public Service Center at Cornell, is sponsoring its sixth annual Fall Service Day on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 9:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. On that day, several hundred Cornell students, faculty and staff will join with members of the Ithaca community in a day of public service projects.
Twenty-eight teen-agers associated with the New York City agency Boys Harbor will attend Cornell's Summer College, from June 22 to Aug. 6, on scholarship support from an anonymous donor. Six students from Central Park East High School and University Heights (Bronx) High School in New York also are coming to Summer College with scholarship support from the Uris Foundation.
Events this week include physicist Kathy Selby at the Light in Winter Festival, old-time duo The Pearly Snaps, William Finn's musical 'Elegies' and fiction writer Edwidge Danticat.
Interested in launching your own business, attracting venture capital or picking a winning startup company to invest in? Sign up for the Third Annual Entrepreneurship and Private Equity Symposium, "Creative Strategies for Today's Economy," at Cornell University. The symposium is a full day of interactive panel discussions led by experienced entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and private equity investors. It will take place Friday, Feb. 21, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Johnson Graduate School of Management in the Sage Hall atrium and in rooms B8 and B9. (February 13, 2003)
Four out of five people prefer to work at electric, adjustable computer stations that allow them to stand at their computers part of the day, according to a new Cornell study. (Oct. 18, 2004)
The sight of a white-tailed deer offers a glimpse of a nimble animal free to roam. The animals also bring billions of dollars in hunting-related revenue to rural economies. However, across the United States, the hoofed ruminants…