In recent days New York state has faced a major outbreak of illness, and a fatality, caused by the E. coli O157:H7 bacterium. The bacterium is believed to have been spread through infected well water.
Comedian Stephen Colbert kept the Barton Hall crowd of 5,000 roaring through two sold-out shows, Oct. 26, poking fun at college and politics, both in and out of character. (Oct. 29, 2007)
Cornell University has been ranked fourth in the nation in the Washington Monthly College Guide, and No. 1 in engineering physics by U.S. News and World Report. (August 31, 2005)
Shimon Edelman of Cornell and colleagues have developed a method for enabling a computer program to scan text, infer the grammar behind it and generate new sentences.
Music professor and internationally famed pianist Malcolm Bilson's life and career will be celebrated in October, with a festival of early piano music concerts, a banquet and an international symposium.
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.
Nell I. Mondy, 83, professor emerita of nutritional sciences at Cornell, died Aug. 25 at Cayuga Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Sept. 17, at the First Baptist Church.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism told an audience of about 5,000 people in Barton Hall Oct. 9 that world peace begins with individuals finding their own inner peace. (Oct. 9, 2007)
NBC's Robert C. Wright will deliver this year's Hatfield address at Cornell University on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 4:30 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium of Rockefeller Hall.
Starting in the spring, Cornell will move student e-mail service to outside vendors and convert faculty and staff e-mail to the Microsoft Exchange system. (Dec. 10, 2008)