A service of remembrance and hope was conducted in Sage Chapel May 16 in memory of the more than 21,000 victims killed in the magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck Sichuan province, China, May 12. (May 16, 2008)
Edward Lawler, chair of the Strategic Planning Advisory Council, sits down with the Cornell Chronicle to talk about what the council is up to, and what its activities mean for Cornell.
The Partnership for the Public Good, founded in Buffalo in 2007 by the ILR School, is working with local groups to make the city a model of urban regeneration and create policies advancing equity and sustainability.
A central plank of David Levitsky's teaching philosophy, honed over 40 years of instructing Cornell students, is to make his lessons unpredictable, and his style has earned him a USDA teaching award.
The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies celebrates its 50th anniversary at Cornell with a symposium Nov. 14-15 and reflection on its achievements and future direction. (Nov. 3, 2011)
Interior design and behavioral science students collaborated on a project this semester to design new fitness and physical therapy spaces at Kendal at Ithaca. They built full-scale models of their proposed solutions. (Dec. 9, 2008)
Gardeners beware: This year in the eastern U.S., late blight is killing tomato and potato plants earlier than ever before, and basil downy mildew is affecting plants in gardens and on commercial farms. (July 1, 2009)
The Cornell Computer Reuse Association is collecting computers and software from Cornell University Library and other campus departments to send to Iraqi schools. (Dec. 3, 2008)
Visiting scholar Esther Farnós-Amorós discussed who gets the embryos when a couple divorces. At play is the right not to procreate, she says. (Dec. 2, 2008)