Imagine yourself still a child, digging in the sand, and your shovel strikes something hard. You dig further to find the obstruction is not an average stone, but a huge dinosaur tooth. A moment later, you dig out a large claw. An event like this could happen at the Paleontological Research Institution Museum of the Earth's new exhibit that gives children the experience of a paleontological dig.
For agricultural scientists in developing countries, scientific seclusion soon will give way to inclusion, thanks to an online system developed at Cornell University's Albert R. Mann Library for the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The system, announced Oct. 14 at FAO headquarters in Rome, is the second major online portal for scientific literature aimed exclusively at the developing world. Called Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA), the system will provide scientists in developing nations with free access to more than 400 journals in agriculture and related science. The Rockefeller Foundation and other donor agencies fund the project. Scientific publishers are providing the content without charge. (October 23, 2003)
Some of the neediest children in Tompkins County will have real reason to believe in Santa Claus this year, thanks to the work of a group of Cornell University "elves."
Six undergraduate degree programs in the College of Engineering have been reaccredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), which accredits 2,400 programs at more than 500 institutions.
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The 56 county-based Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) associations are a vital part of Cornell's land-grant mission. They act as fingers reaching out from Cornell, providing information and services that may be the only…
Philson Warner, an extension associate with Cornell's Cooperative Extension in New York City, has set up a hydroponics lab for teen inmates at the Rikers Island jail. (Feb. 25, 2009)
When Anisa Draboo receives her master's degree in International Development from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning on May 29, she will be the first Cornell University graduate among a new group of dedicated international students studying ways to make the most troubled areas of the world more livable. The students in the group know some of the world's worst problems firsthand -- and they have an extra dose of motivation to find the solutions.
Rachelle Hood-Phillips, chief diversity officer of Denny's Restaurants, will deliver a talk at Cornell Sept. 26. The talk will take place from 4 to 5 p.m in 305 Ives Hall and is free and open to the public.
Much too common for some people's tastes and largely neglected by ornithologists, the plain old American crow gets special attention from one Cornell University researcher.
With no known enemies in North America, two types of invasive vines are growing rampant in forests and fields, threatening reforestation, fragile butterfly populations and bird habitats.