To help the Cornell community think critically about human diversity and to appreciate it, the university has launched a new Web gateway on diversity and inclusion. (Feb. 1, 2007)
The Panic of 1819 -- the country's first major financial crisis, with widespread foreclosures, bank failures, unemployment and a slump in agriculture and manufacturing -- marked the end of the economic expansion that followed the…
As he enters his second term as chair, Peter Meinig sees the board of trustees going beyond its traditional roles of governance and oversight to work as a positive force in the university's $4 billion campaign. (Jan. 31, 2007)
Cornell and the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Cornell have received a grant to continue leading an effort to sequence the tomato genome and to create a database of genomic sequences and information on the tomato and related plants. (Jan. 30, 2007)
With help from Cornell planners, residents of New Orleans' 9th Ward have been given a significant voice in how their community should be rebuilt following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. (Jan. 30, 2007)
The Human Rights Campaign chose Cornell over the Library of Congress and other contenders to house its official records, now the subject of an online exhibition. (Jan. 30, 2007)
In her new role, Taube will help coordinate and oversee the Cornell University Council, the President's Council of Cornell Women and the Presidential Councillors. (Jan. 30, 2007)
The hands of Cornell librarian David Corson literally shook as he sorted through the recent acquisition of materials of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, credited as the father of modern chemistry. (Jan. 30, 2007)
In New York City Jan. 26, Cornell's Board of Trustees voted to increase tuition for the endowed colleges 5.5 percent. The board also re-elected Peter Meinig as chairman. (Jan. 29, 2007)
The Weill Greenberg Center, named for Maurice Greenberg, a member of the Weill Cornell Medical College Board of Overseers, and Sanford I. Weill, chairman of the board, was officially named at a Jan. 26 ceremony. (Jan. 29, 2007)
Professor of Romance Studies Philip E. Lewis has been appointed vice president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Liberal Arts Colleges Program, effective Feb. 1. (Jan. 29, 2007)
