Ghassan Hage, a cutting-edge figure in Australia's influential cultural criticism and the arts movement, will deliver a University Lecture Friday, Oct. 22, at 4:40 p.m. in Kaufmann Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall .
During a Sept. 3 campus visit, Sen. Charles Schumer pledged to put his political muscle behind getting Cornell official federal recognition as a national center of excellence in dairy and food safety. The designation would be the first of its kind supporting the dairy industry.
Economist David Card said at a public talk March 15 that immigrants tended to take jobs at the high and low ends of the wage spectrum, and their wages don't affect Americans' salaries. (March 17, 2011)
The new Design Library, designed and managed by students in design and environmental analysis, has opened to provide a resource center that has more than just samples and materials. (Oct. 6, 2011)
Poetry and Song, a new course being taught by professor of English Roger Gilbert this fall, will explore literature through verse and music, echoing a popular 1950s course in folk literature. (July 27, 2010)
With a dizzying number of ties in our social networks, it’s a wonder we remember any of it. How do we keep track of the complexity? We cheat, says a Cornell sociologist in Science Reports.
Cornell's Energy Materials Center has just signed a memorandum of understanding with Ithaca's MicroGen Systems LLC to develop 'self-charging' batteries. (July 20, 2010)
The age of digital photography has brought a new approach, called “computational lighting design.” Still not easy, but new software from Cornell will give amateurs a head start and save time for pros by combining Photoshop layers to create ideal lighting.
As students walked from the Arts Quad toward Schoellkopf Stadium for Cornell's 138th Commencement May 28, many in the academic procession wore unsuppressed smiles. The mood was festive and celebratory to match the perfect sunlit…