As pump prices for gasoline set record highs in the United States and crude oil becomes more expensive than it has been almost at any time since the 1991 Gulf War, Cornell University is hosting an engineering conference April 15-17 on Energy Demand and Sustainable Development. The conference will feature talks on the applications and business potential of new technologies in energy and sustainable development by Cornell alumni who are leading energy industry figures and faculty members who are leading the research at the Cornell campus. They will discuss a range of issues involved in formulating national energy policy, including the role of advanced technologies, providing low-cost electricity and the use of ethanol as a fuel. The conference also includes a research poster session by students. (April 8, 2004)
Adults have difficulty determining when a child is lying or repeating misinformation he or she has gathered from interviews, according to a Cornell study. (Oct. 18, 2011)
Robert S. Harrison '76, a Cornell trustee, has endowed the directorship of Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences. The position currently is held by sociology Professor David Harris, who recently was named vice provost for social sciences.
John Eckenrode, professor and chair of human development and co-director of the Family Life Development Center at Cornell, served as Cornell's representative last month at Vice President Al Gore's forum.
Joseph A. Kahl, an expert on social stratification and a professor of sociology at Cornell from 1969 until his retirement in 1983, died Jan. 1 in Bethesda, Md., at age 86.
The GE Fund, the philanthropic foundation of General Electric Co., has awarded $200,000 to Cornell University to support an integrated range of projects in the fund's Math Excellence initiative over two years.
Renowned writer Margaret Atwood gave a public reading on campus March 29. She also met with students in two small discussion groups the next day to talk about writing and to answer questions. (April 1, 2011)
Representatives of the scientific, medical and corporate communities, as well as policy-makers, risk communicators and the general public are expected to attend a symposium Sept. 29-30.
Since beginning his five-year appointment as the new director of the Africana Studies and Research Center in July, Don C. Ohadike has worked to enhance the 30-year-old center's position academically as well as socially.