This year's Hotel Ezra Cornell centered on gambling destination Las Vegas, and speakers from the hotel industry addressed the ways in which the city is responding to the current economic crisis. (April 6, 2009)
Every wound requires biomaterials to close it. A new book provides comprehensive information on state-of-the-art, innovative biomaterials, devices and techniques used in wound closure.
Cornell scientists led by Itai Cohen, associate professor of physics, have explored why these fluids behave like they do by watching how micron-sized suspended particles dance in real time and space. (Sept. 1, 2011)
A Cornell sophomore who allegedly stabbed a visiting Union College student on West Campus Feb. 18 has been indicted for a hate crime assault by a Tompkins County grand jury.
Tompkins County District Attorney Gwen Wilkinson…
Seven New York state grade school and high school teachers took part in an educational tour of Eastern Europe, thanks to Cornell's Institute for European Studies. (Aug. 31, 2011)
Trevor Pinch found that apps make the man or woman. The smartphone apps you download and use creates an 'appitype' grouping personal characteristics. (Feb. 15, 2011)
Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar and political activist, will deliver a talk, 'Peace in the Middle East: Who Needs It?' Sept. 20 at 4:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall on campus. The event is free and open to the public. (Sept. 11, 2007)
Cornell Cooperative Extension is training Fort Drum soldiers in ways to help Afghan farmers, including how to fight wheat rust - dubbed the 'H1N1 of the wheat world.' (Feb. 14, 2011)
A biosensor made from a common bacterium that can detect toxic metals in water won the Cornell Genetically Engineered Machines student project team a bronze medal at a recent competition. (Nov. 30, 2009)