A Nov. 2 trip to the United Nations helped increase awareness of diversity among students and stimulated discussion of about international problems, says Professor N'Dri Assie-Lumumba, who organized the trip. (Nov. 7, 2007)
When the Cornell Program of Computer Graphics was launched in the early 1970s, it was considered a major achievement to start with drawings of a building and create a computer-generated image of, say, Rhodes Hall. Today, computer…
Playwright Christopher Durang will be among the participants in the symposium 'Wendy Wasserstein: An Uncommon Woman,' Feb. 23-25 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. (Feb. 20, 2007)
Associate Professor Amy Villarejo spoke on 'TV Time, or Thughts on TV' at the Society for the Humanities annual invitational lecture Feb. 15. (Feb. 20, 2007)
William Kennedy returned to Cornell Nov. 1 to give the fifth James McConkey Reading in American Fiction to a large and appreciative audience, in sharp contrast to his first visit to campus. (Nov. 5, 2007)
Cornell University Police began issuing citations for trespassing this morning (July 15) to protesters in the Redbud Woods area who want to prevent the construction of a 176-space parking lot on the site, adjacent to the West Campus student residences. One protester was arrested for disorderly conduct.
When the media needed background on the national salmonella outbreak that has been traced to a Blakely, Ga., peanut-processing plant, they turned to food scientist Robert Gravani. (Feb. 10, 2009)
Pipe-clogging invasive mussels caused up to $1.5 billion in damage across 23 states between 1989 and 2007, said senior extension associate Chuck O'Neill told a House subcommittee, June 24. (July 1, 2008)
The music and dance ensemble Gamelan Cudamani gave audiences -- including more than 400 local school students -- a taste of cultural and spiritual life in a Balinese village in performances. (Nov. 1, 2007)
An antibody called J591 specifically targets an antigen found in high amounts on both prostate tumors and on blood vessels of all solid tumors, according to a study by researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.