Historians from around the nation will visit Cornell in March for Women's History Month to speak on subjects ranging from single motherhood to women in American theater.
A Cornell archaeological project in Greece has won a double dose of financial support from the citizens of a small Greek village and a major American archaeological foundation.
The chance of more accurate weather forecasts might improve this afternoon (Feb. 22), when two Cornell graduate students describe their new method of statistical forecast analysis that could lift current forecasting techniques out of a very light fog.
Pest management researchers at Cornell University and the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station are trying to keep insects from bugging you at the dinner table.
Instead of whiling away the lazy summer days listening to Hootie and the Blowfish and playing video games, a select group of 15-year-olds will be discoursing on the theories and philosophies of John Stuart Mill, Machiavelli and Plato, and earning three college credits.
Patrons of Cornell's Guest Chef Series will be able to get a taste of history when John Doherty, executive chef of the Waldorf-Astoria who has prepared meals for state dinners hosted by Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, recreates these historic dinners for the public March 3.
Eight trailblazers in integrated pest management work were honored in January with "Excellence in IPM" awards by the New York State Legislature, the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and Cornell in ceremonies in Albany.
With a little practice, almost anyone can learn to imitate a signature. But only the most highly skilled forger can rip it off just the right way, with the same variations in speed, the same order of crossing the t's and dotting the i's.
Karl N. Stauber, undersecretary of research, education and economics at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will visit Cornell on Thursday, March 7, to meet with deans and hear faculty presentations on selected programs.
Checkmate? Not yet. But having a supercomputer battle the world's human chess champion to a draw is just a hint of the future power of these man-made analytical superstars.
