Cornell researchers have identified a dozen compounds in apple peel that either inhibit or kill cancer cells in laboratory cultures. Three of the compounds have not previously been described in the literature. (May 30, 2007)
A new, faster method of detecting Eschericha coli in food - in hours rather than days - has been developed by Cornell University researchers. "As far as I can tell, this is the fastest method of analysis in the arena," said Carl Batt, Cornell professor of food science.
Mike Whalen donated Cornell student scrapbooks and other memorabilia, including a photo of William Bowler, one of two Haitian students in 1869, to Cornell University Library. (Feb. 18, 2010)
A new book by a Cornell authority on early Islamic law shows that Muslim societies today have grown out of a rational, balanced legal tradition dating back at least to the 14th century. The book, Law, Society and Culture in the Maghrib, 1300-1500, by David Powers, professor of Arabic and Islamic studies in Cornell's Department of Near Eastern Studies, has just been published by Cambridge University Press as part of that publisher's series on Islamic civilization. Powers' book suggests that Islamic law as it was applied in the 14th and 15th century involved reasoned thought and argument by Muslim judges and jurists, who were highly sensitive to society and culture and how the law shaped, and was shaped by both. That finding refutes claims by an earlier generation of Western scholars who asserted that Islamic law lacked a body of legal doctrine and was, therefore, irrational. It also calls into question the popular assumption that Islamic legal practice can only be extremist. (November 08, 2002)
Beginning Tuesday, June 9, the Cornell campus, which has been serenaded daily by the Cornell chimes with few interruptions since the university opened, will fall silent for the better part of a year.
Events this week include a Shakespeare play at Cornell Plantations, a lecture on sustainability by Professor Francis DiSalvo and Fellini's 'Amarcord' at Cornell Cinema. (July 9, 2009)
Daniel Sisler, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, has been named the 2007 recipient of the prestigious Spirit of Helen Keller Award. (May 21, 2007)