Native writers, storytellers and filmmakers from across the country will meet at Cornell University April 2-3 for the third annual Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers Conference.
The number of young adults infected with HIV/AIDS – almost 12 million globally – is staggering, as is the number of AIDS orphans (11 million), expected to double by 2010.
Retired dean of the University Faculty Charles Walcott remains actively engaged in making science accessible to the general public and in contributing to the life of the university. (Feb. 11, 2010)
International Education Week, Nov. 17-21, is part of an annual worldwide event in which educational institutions and embassies share culture and promote international exchange. (Nov. 7, 2008)
Max Weber (1864-1920) was a German sociologist, economist and political scientist who is known not only as one of the world's most important social scientists because he founded the modern study of sociology and public administration, but also as one of the most difficult to understand.
Design professor Jack Elliott has created an award-winning pendant lamp that uses its own aluminum waste shavings, or swarf, as the diffuser, embodying the 'green' principles of reducing, reusing and recycling. (May 16, 2007)
Michael P. Riley Jr. has been promoted to associate dean of alumni affairs, development and communications by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell.
Cornell and the Africana Studies and Research Center are co-sponsoring a major international conference, 'Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan,' at the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 21-22. (Feb. 19, 2008)
With $1.67 million from the USDA, two Cornell food scientists will work to prevent food-borne pathogens from contaminating fruits and vegetables during all phases of production. (Nov. 3, 2008)