In addition to approving budget cuts at its Jan. 22-24 meeting, the Cornell Board of Trustees also approved a tuition rise, a new B.A. and a named professorship. (Jan. 29, 2009)
Events on campus include a Cornell Cinema benefit and dance party, a rare 17th-century opera, young ornithologists sharing their research and a University Lecture by Islam scholar Sherman Jackson.
The 30th Cornell Fashion Collective runway show incorporates use of futuristic materials that detect heat and glow in the dark, April 12 in Barton Hall.
Researchers at the University of Hawaii and Cornell have selected a crew of six for a four-month simulated Mars mission to test food and food preparation strategies.
Cornell woke up to 21 inches of new snow Friday, and no sign of clearing skies. Administrators responded by delaying the university's opening until 9:30 a.m. (Feb. 26, 2010)
If a Danish newspaper doesn't have the freedom to publish cartoons depicting Muhammad, should the TV cartoon show "South Park" also not be free to satirize Mormons?
That was the question posed by Michael Shapiro, associate…
Cornell officials, responding to reports of the impending appearance of a dragon on the campus Thursday, March 15, have issued a dragon warning and road closure alert for Thursday afternoon.
The Morrill Land Grant Act specified more than just agriculture as a discipline to be taught and recognized that other branches of science could be embraced to promote a 'practical education.'
Students at the Food and Finance High School in New York City grew the fish and vegetables served at a May 20 fundraiser using hydroponic technology. (May 25, 2011)