Garbage-truck traffic through Ithaca -- instead of on the surrounding interstates -- does not save truckers time or much money, and is causing safety issues for the community, a Cornell study shows. (June 9, 2008)
The Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell is hosting 11 faculty fellows as part of its new in-residence program, awarding each a $10,000 grant to pursue their research beginning in September. (June 9, 2008)
The next U.S. president will face the daunting task of re-establishing the nation's legitimacy on the global stage, said scholars in a reunion weekend roundtable. (June 7, 2008)
Cornell researchers spoke at a symposium on governance in Africa and its relation to development goals at the United Nations building in New York on May 21. (May 30, 2008)
New research by Karl Pillemer and Weill Cornell Medical College's Mark Lachs and Tony Rosen suggests that aggression and violence between nursing home residents is a prevalent and serious problem. (May 29, 2008)
Deputy Provost David Harris had one more vital piece of instruction for Cornell's freshly minted group of doctors of philosophy at the Ph.D. recognition ceremony in Barton Hall on May 24. (May 25, 2008)
Assistant Professor Kathleen Vogel will use the grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York for a study on U.S. and former Soviet Union bioweapons history. (May 13, 2008)
A peaceful political resolution to the civil war in Nepal should boost enrollment in the Cornell-Nepal Study Program, Cornell Abroad's only campus-administered program. (May 13, 2008)
Harry de Gorter and David Just, both Cornell professors of applied economics and management, argue that U.S. energy legislation meant to encourage ethanol production actually subsidizes oil consumption. (May 9, 2008)
