The Society for the Humanities has for more than four decades spearheaded propagation of new knowledge and introduced interdisciplinary approaches to study that have had lasting institutional consequences. (Feb. 8, 2008)
Some 600 teachers in the Ithaca City School District attended the Resource and Networking Fair at Ithaca High School Oct. 7 to learn about Cornell resources they can use in their classrooms. (Oct. 11, 2011)
Professor Peter Katzenstein said Oct. 5 that the financial crisis of 2008 was a foregone conclusion considering the economic climate, and he predicts a possible worse crisis in the future. (Oct. 10, 2011)
Try this: Practice viewing the world as a child, seeing things as they might be, exploring your creative potential. For example, find the letters of the alphabet in everyday objects, such as a cloud that forms a C.
Three businesses in New York state have been selected to receive JumpStart awards with the Cornell Center for Materials Research for this semester. (Feb. 21, 2008)
Ian Urbina, reporter for The New York Times, says he finds difficult-to-obtain documents, which readers can view, to support his stories on the natural gas drilling boom. (Oct. 7, 2011)
Cornell faculty members Robert Kleinberg, assistant professor of computer science, and Matthias Liepe, assistant professor of physics, have been awarded fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. (Feb. 20, 2008)
To address such pressing health challenges in the world as HIV/AIDS and malnutrition in developing nations, Cornell has established an innovative Global Health Program, a collaborative effort between Cornell's Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. (Feb. 9, 2007)
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)
Carol Clark Tatkon, a member of the Cornell Board of Trustees since 1981 and vice chair since 1995, died Oct. 11 at her family home in North Egremont, Mass. She was 59.