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Cornell University, an Ivy League school known for its spectacular gorges and haunted by a reputation for suicides, took the extraordinary step of posting lookouts on bridges and going door-to-door to check on students after three undergrads plunged to their deaths in the past month.
The organizer of a $10 million contest to develop next-generation green vehicles said Monday it narrowed down its list of competitors by half, with qualifying teams ranging from Indian car giant Tata Motors to a team of Cornell University engineering students.
Three historic documents that distinguished Abraham Lincoln's presidency will be on rare display at Cornell University.
Cornell University officials are investigating the theft of a school computer that may have compromised the personal information of about 45,000 current and former students, faculty and staff.
A Cornell University graduate student charged with murdering his wife is being held without bail in an upstate New York jail.
A Cornell University graduate student from New Zealand charged with murdering his wife wants an extradition hearing in Pennsylvania to fight his return to New York.
A Cornell University researcher was found dead in a New York state park from massive cuts to her throat and her husband was hospitalized under guard after a police chase, state police said Thursday.
There's a monster lurking off the coast of New York. Experts in a Cornell University acoustics program said Thursday that blue whales have been positively identified in the area for the first time.
Cornell University professor Stephen Morgan thought it was bad enough that he shares the name of a man accused of murder.
An Ivy League school is giving China back its treasured mushrooms.
That annoying mosquito buzz turns out to be a love song, a discovery that Cornell University researchers say may be turned against the biting insects. Ronald R. Hoy and his colleagues found that mosquitoes that spread diseases like yellow and dengue fever alter their wing vibrations in a mating signal.
In a Nov. 28 obituary for Cornell University astrophysicist Edwin Salpeter, The Associated Press, relying on information from the university, reported erroneously that he died on Nov. 25. Salpeter died Wednesday, Nov. 26, his family said.
The Cornell University junior was in his dorm between classes when the text message came in from a friend. Check out JuicyCampus.com, it said.
A fungus that attacks alfalfa and clover with rotting brown lesions has been detected in farm fields in New York and four other Northeastern states, say Cornell University scientists.
For home gardeners who don't want their daffodils to tip over, a Cornell University horticulturist thinks he has the answer: Get the flowers a little tipsy with some hard liquor.
Two suspected suicides confirmed at Cornell; total now at sixTwo suspected cases of suicide on the Cornell University campus have officially been confirmed by the Tompkins County chief medical examiner, bringing the total number of suicides for the academic year to six.
Recent wave of suicides at Cornell leaves parents and students anxiousThe recent wave of suicides at Cornell University has touched a nerve with parents of farflung college students they may not speak to every day, and who may balk at discussing such an unexpected and surreal topic as the death of someone their own age.
Obama Picks Kansas as NCAA Champion, Likes Cornell in 1st Round March 17 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama is taking the low-risk route to the Final Four in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's basketball tournament and predicts Kansas will defeat Kentucky for the championship.
Studies Confirm Looks Still Matter for Working Women - Psychological Reasons Behind Why Better-Looking People Get PromotedIf you want to get a raise or a promotion, you might want to throw on a pair of heels and suck in that belly.
Council on Foreign Relations Recording Suggests Creating False Scarcity To Drive Up Demand For H1N1 Vaccine:Laughter as dignitaries discuss making vaccine mandatory, tricking public into taking it "I think what would work better would be to say that there was a shortage and people tend to buy more of something that's in demand.
News: The Real Costs of Merit Aid When colleges defend the use of financial aid based on academic merit, they almost always make the case that it's not an either/or question with regard to students from low-income families.
Blue whales found near N.Y., off usual pathExperts in a Cornell University acoustics program said Thursday that blue whales have been positively identified in the area for the first time.
Poet W.D. Snodgrass dies at 83W.D. Snodgrass, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who had a nearly 40-year teaching career, died at the age of 83, in his upstate New York home after a four-month battle with inoperable lung cancer.
Mosquitoes Make Sweet Music while Making LoveAmorous mosquitoes "sing" a mating duet by beating their wings together in harmony, US scientists have discovered. More Articles
Cornell Chronicle: Black carbon affects climate predictionsNew study shows global warming predictions are overestimated.
Online blacklist: how the Internet helps the bossesBack in 1974, I was a student in Cornell University's labor relations program, working during the summer for a union in New York City.
Elephants, lions to roam North America again?LiveScience: Scientists propose reintroducing cheetahs, lions, camels and elephants to North America to replace populations lost 13,000 years ago.
Cloaking Device Concept Moves Beyond TheoryThe superlens theorized by Milton and Nicorovici cloaks a nearby object by making light behave in an unusual way.
Triple Asteroid System (Yes, That Means Mini-Moons) Spotted Near EarthThe asteroid system, known as 2001 SN263, was viewed by Arecibo on Feb. 11, when it was about 7 million miles from Earth.
Why poor kids may make sicker adultsITHACA, N.Y. – Scientists have known for years that people living in poverty have poorer health and shorter life spans than the more affluent.
No driver, no problem as robot cars finish race Cars sprouting whirling lasers on top, moving cameras on the sides, and banks of computers inside sped through the streets of a California desert ghost town on Saturday in a robot race -- no drivers needed.
Profits Die for BT Cotton. Seven-year glitch: Cornell warns that Chinese GM cotton farmers are losing money due to 'secondary' pests By Susan Lang
Arecibo Radio Telescope And Its Budget Hang in the BalanceAnd it is the only facility on the planet able to track asteroids with enough precision to tell which ones might plow into Earth -- a disaster that could cause as many as a billion deaths and that experts say is preventable with enough warning.
Pill may help turn on anti-aging defensesResearchers said on Thursday they had found more ways to activate the body's own anti-aging defenses — perhaps with a pill that could fight multiple diseases at once.
Heroism and the Language of American Fascism - Why Our Worship of Soldiers and Police Is Out of ControlEveryone's a hero, everyone's a star," sings Jon Bon Jovi on his 2005 album, "Have a Nice Day." It's an insipid song, but a fitting anthem for what has become a thoroughly insipid age.
Mathematics proves the silliness of 'silly walks'Scientists have explained mathematically why the famous "silly walks" of Monty Python's John Cleese have never caught on in the long history of Homo sapiens. The giant, leg-twirling strides of silly walks may enable an individual to leap around swiftly but are simply too expensi …
Students bring Pong and lasers together at lastWhen it comes to DIY projects, there are few surer ways to impress than crafting a unique interpretation of Pong -- something that's been attempted many, many times in the past.
2 Michigan Schools In Trouble With the RIAAThe RIAA is firing off another round of pre-lawsuit letters to various universities around the country. On the list this time are two Michigan universities - Central Michigan University and the University of Michigan. This is CMU's first time getting in trouble with the RIAA.
Small dog mutation identifiedScientists have identified a genetic marker that could explain why a chihuahua is so much smaller than a great dane and why dogs have the widest range of body sizes among mammals.
ScienceDaily: Warming Climate, Cod Collapse, Have Combined To Cause Rapid North Atlantic Ecosystem ChangesWarming Climate, Cod Collapse, Have Combined To Cause Rapid North Atlantic Ecosystem Changes
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