George Boiardi Remembered By Cornell at 2009 NCAA Lacrosse Finals

Former Cornell lacrosse player George Boiardi has been of the minds of the Cornell lacrosse team during their run to the Finals of the 2009 NCAA Lacrosse tournament. The Cornell lacrosse player was killed in 2004 during a lacrosse game against Binghamton University. With less...

Renewed Interest in the Gettysburg Address Prompts The Question: Why is it a ...

Cornell University's "New Student Reading Project" requires Garry Wills' book, "Lincoln at Gettysburg," to be read this year, with this justification:"Lincoln at Gettysburg invites readers to reflect on the ideals that should shape America’s national purpose and allows them...

Postmenopause Insomnia Related to Higher Body Temperature

Altered levels of both sex hormones and gonadotropins may contribute to sleep disturbance in older postmenopausal women, according to a study published in the December 1 issue of the journal Sleep.

Unemployment and poverty

"The researchers also found that Americans with disabilities are more than twice as likely to live in poverty -- 25.4 percent of working-age Americans with disabilities live in poverty compared with 9.5 percent of those without disabilities. People with disabilities...

Wine goes Hybrid...Any 'Traminette' in Your Cellar?

Even though Al Gore just got the Nobel Prize, he is not the one who invented Traminette. Bruce Reisch of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (Cornell University)in Geneva (New York) is the man behind it. Jim Clarke looks at why Winemakers look to hardy hybrids...

POLL: Evolution - Creationism - Intelligent Design

Which of these do you support?

Watching & Reading: Education is Never Free in the New US

"To track anti-American sentiment all you need is a $10 bucket of paint and a map of the globe. A quick look at the polling data shows that we don't have many supporters left. Take this dramatic example: six out of ten Iraqis favor attacks on US forces, and we liberated them."

Why The Democratic Wave Could Be A Washout

"American voters have been in a bad mood lately. They don't think highly of the President's performance. They aren't crazy about the war. They certainly don't like the G.O.P.-led Congress--a New York Times poll last week put its approval rating at just 25%. And while...