Cornell historian Maria Cristina Garcia discussed the problems that officials and asylum seekers face under the current laws, in a discussion with students in the Hans Bethe House Sept. 7. (Sept. 13, 2011)
Coffee Hour is a new organization that hosts weekly conversations on various topics to give students an opportunity to foster social connections and feel connected to the Cornell community. (March 13, 2012)
New research finds that the sounds of words across languages give clues to the words' meaning, which may help those teaching a second language. (Sept. 12, 2011)
A new study in Science reveals that honeybees that scout for new food sources or nest sites have patterns of gene activity in their brains known to be associated with novelty-seeking in humans.
Cornell President David Skorton moderated an Aug. 22 panel in New York City that looked at ways to spur technology transfer from academia to business. (Aug. 28, 2012)
Cornell President Hunter Rawlings today (Nov. 17, 1998) announced a plan to reorganize the Division of Biological Sciences. Rawlings said he will implement the primary recommendations of the Task Force on the Division of the Biological Sciences, which was commissioned by Provost Don M. Randel.
Attendees at the April 1 Service Recognition Dinner celebrated 25 or more years of service to Cornell by listening to opera, watching a clogger, rocking to rock and clapping to the sounds of the past 40 years. (April 9, 2009)
Employing powerful genome sequencing tools, Cornell scientists have gained new insight into how efficiently the microbes in large bioreactors produce methane from brewery waste. (Feb. 24, 2011)
Bringing together scholars from around the world April 20-21, the conference will explore how the rise of capitalism in China affects politics, markets, entrepreneurship, property rights and social structure. (April 18, 2007)
Cornell researchers have captured the sharpest mid-infrared images yet of a ring of gas and dust seven light-years wide orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.