Panelists Michael Lewis and Mary Ellen O'Connell took on the question of the legality of American drone strikes in the Lund Critical Debate Nov. 21 on campus.
The seven-year-old Physics Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA) program supports Cornell students considering a career in teaching high school physics. The program has grown to over 60 participants this year.
The interior design field now has a language of its own, thanks to Professor Jan Jennings, who has spearheaded an online database for contemporary design that includes a new vocabulary. (Aug. 26, 2009)
At Mann Library's Harvesting Heritage event June 5, researchers and home gardeners learned about efforts to preserve ancient traits in the tomato and Cornell's collection of historical seed.
Ways to address major social problems among youth were discussed at the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research's fifth Youth Development Research Update, June 2-3 in Ithaca.
Cornell's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences has received $7.5 million from the National Science Foundation for the continuing support of the Jicamarca Radio Observatory near Lima, Peru. (March 1, 2010)
A former Cornell graduate student's documentary film of an impoverished Brooklyn family is the catalyst for a symposium addressing societal, legal, cultural and clinical issues affecting millions of Americans daily.
Howardena Pindell, painter and writer, will present a lecture titled "A Life's Journey" Thursday, Sept. 24, at 4 p.m. in 101 W. Sibley Hall on the Cornell campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
A chemical that often serves as a key ingredient in improvised explosive devices can be quickly and safely detected by a new polymer created by Cornell scientists.