Scientists, librarians and practitioners of agriculture information and management from 28 countries met at Mann Library July 23 to discuss creative use of information networks to bridge gaps between developed and developing countries.
As Cornell embarks upon strategic planning to take it to 2012 and beyond, Alumni Affairs and Development, the division responsible for the university's $4 billion capital campaign, is transforming the way it does business. (March 23, 2009)
A new bi-weekly lecture series, specially tailored for undergraduate students, will focus on sustainability, energy and environmental systems. It's slated for Mondays, 7:30 p.m., beginning Sept. 7. (Sept. 3, 2009)
Stephen Hilgartner, chair of science and technology studies, has been tapped to serve on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Human Genetics Study Section, Center for Scientific Review. (Jan. 20, 2010)
The Cornell Board of Trustees has named six faculty members J. Thomas Clark Professors of Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise. The three-year appointments foster participation in the Entrepreneurship@Cornell program by…
William J. Dress, Ph.D. '53, professor emeritus of botany at the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium at Cornell, author of 10 plant books and for whom two plants have been named, died Dec. 15 at age 93. (Jan. 5, 2012)
For the first time, a team of interdisciplinary researchers have made recordings of neurons associated with visual perception inside the poppy seed-sized brain of a jumping spider.