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Danielle Nierenberg: Earth Day: 13 Things Everyone Can Do in 2013

2013-04-19T14:36:55Z

Being aware of the environmental costs that unsustainable farming and eating practices can have on the environment, and making food choices accordingly, can help to fight climate change and protect the environment.

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Megan Pincus Kajitani: Want to Save Starving Sea Lion Pups? Here's How

2013-03-18T11:26:14Z

Many marine scientists believe that, at the rate we're going, the seas will be barren by 2048. (Did you get that? No sea life in 35 years!)

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David Katz, M.D.: Qatar's Cultural Crisis: Wealth, Health, Wisdom, and Opportunity

2013-03-15T14:24:18Z

Qatar is the richest country in the world. As such, it provides a vivid demonstration that money can't buy you health any more than it can buy you love. The converse, in fact, appears to be true: The wealth of Qatar is being purchased at the cost of its people's health.

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Michael Dezube: The Power of the Demo

2013-03-15T12:17:15Z

Never discount the importance of a great demo. Great demos can establish stakeholder buy-in, secure more resources, and ensure the longevity and success of a project; therefore it is critical to deliver a great and impactful one.

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The Best Law Schools -- Or Are They!?

2013-03-13T14:49:04Z

The all-important (or irrelevant, depending on who you ask) U.S. News & World Report rankings of the top law schools for 2014 were released Tuesday.
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Anneli Rufus: What Makes Stickiness So Seductive?

2013-03-07T14:35:31Z

Presented with something sticky, our teeth and jaws tell us that this substance is highly concentrated, extremely dense: thus either delicious or nutritious or both.

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LOOK: What A Dorm Room Looked Like 110 Years Ago

2013-03-04T13:29:29Z

What has changed -- and what hasn't -- will surprise you.

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Nobel-Winning Physicist Dead At 75

2013-02-21T10:10:34Z

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Robert C. Richardson, a Cornell University professor who shared a Nobel Prize for a key discovery in experimental physics, has died. H...

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Scientists Create New Ear With Help Of 3D Printing

2013-02-20T18:21:23Z

WASHINGTON -- Printing out body parts? Cornell University researchers showed it's possible by creating a replacement ear using a 3-D printer and injec...

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Keith Olbermann Buys Student Radio Station A New Home

2013-02-07T12:53:49Z

The Cornell University student-run radio station is about to get a big upgrade thanks to famed liberal TV broadcaster Keith Olbermann.

Cornell anno...

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Fraternity Banned For 'Mentally Scarring,' 'Sexually Humiliating'

2013-01-11T17:05:37Z

Cornell University will no longer recognize the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity after two of its pledges were hospitalized following a "mentally scarring" ...

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Top Universities Call For Action On Gun Control

2013-01-04T17:00:39Z

The Association of American Universities issued a statement Thursday calling on President Obama and members of Congress to take quick federal action t...

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History With A Beer Chaser

2012-12-11T08:46:33Z

By Michael B. Smith
Not far from the campus of Cornell University sits a slightly shabby watering hole redolent of popcorn, old wood, and, on winter ...

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Hip Hop Legend Named Visiting Scholar At Cornell

2012-12-03T11:43:12Z

He's already a hip hop legend, social activist, and pioneer in the music world, but now DJ Afrika Bambaataa will add another profession to his already...

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Hip Hop Legend Named Visiting Scholar At Cornell

2012-12-03T11:43:12Z

He's already a hip hop legend, social activist, and pioneer in the music world, but now DJ Afrika Bambaataa will add another profession to his already...

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Israel-Gaza Conflict Sends American Students In To Bomb Shelters

2012-11-20T10:20:00Z

The escalating conflict in Gaza has caused some American students studying abroad in Israel to head for cover in bomb shelters, while others are evacu...

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Cornell Frat Gets Stiff Penalty For Hazing Death

2012-10-26T15:45:56Z

Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a former fraternity at Cornell University, received the maximum sentence for a conviction in the 2011 hazing death of a pledge, G...

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Malerie Yolen-Cohen: 11 Ideal Inns For A Northeast College Tour

2012-10-23T07:00:00Z

Your kid's future alma mater isn't cookie-cutter, so why should your college tour accommodations be?

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New York vs. Silicon Valley

2012-10-21T11:34:25Z

NEW YORK (AP) — New York's mayor has made no secret of his quest to have the Big Apple rival Silicon Valley as a high-tech hub.
The c...

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Five Predictions For The Future Of Hotels

2012-10-19T07:00:00Z

Held once every two years, the Cornell Hospitality Research Summit is a two-day SXSW for hotel geeks, a Comic Con for loyalty program junkies, a Gener...

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New Images Unveiled For Cornell NYC Campus

2012-10-15T13:44:25Z

Cornell University released new images of their proposed tech campus on New York City's Roosevelt Island on Monday.

The $2 billion campus, Cornell...

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In Novel Move, NYC Campus Gets US Patent Officer

2012-10-03T09:46:50Z

NEW YORK — A new technology graduate school aimed at smoothing the path between research and entrepreneurship can boast a new distinction: the c...

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Ivy League Girl Next Door: Cornell's Carpenter Hall Plays Host To New Amateur Porn

2012-10-02T16:17:19Z

Libraries--they're not just for studying anymore. At least, not in Carpenter Hall, a library at that bastion of elite Ivy League academics otherwise k...

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New York Times Gets Mad At A Lot Of Cornell Students

2012-09-27T15:57:06Z

The New York Times recently wrote a story about students at Cornell University using social media to plan their evenings. The Gray Lady argued that th...

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Unigo: Top 10 Colleges with Unique Traditions

2012-09-04T19:13:27Z

One of the best parts of college are those crazy nights where everyone participates in a tradition, from naked bike rides to midnight chants. Today's...

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