Cornell Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Stephen Golding has accepted the resignation of Don Fehrs as the chief investment officer of Cornell's Investment Office.
In fulfilling Cornell's land-grant mission to serve the state of New York, Cornell professor Nina Bassuk applies her research on growing plants and trees in urban areas by helping communities in the state better manage their urban forests.
It's time to let the cat out of the bag. The Lynx, of course. Lynx links faculty with new instructional technologies. How? by having certified students assist faculty at no charge.
Daniel J. Decker, Cornell professor in the Department of Natural Resources, has been named director of the new Office of Land-Grant Affairs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
What Peter Meinig called 'truly an auspicious day for Cornell,' interim President Hunter R. Rawlings called 'a very sad day in Iowa City, Iowa.' The day was Saturday, and the man Rawlings was referring to was Cornell's newly named 12th president, David Skorton.
'I'm so proud and very, very humbled to have the chance to be a part of the leadership of this great jewel of international higher education,' said David J. Skorton, Cornell's newly named 12th president.
In an easy, unassuming way, though, University of Iowa President David Skorton was quickly slipping into his role as an integral part of Cornell. Cornell's 12th president began his first day on campus Jan. 21.
The six-month search for Cornell University's 12th president has ended with the announcement that David J. Skorton, president of the University of Iowa.
His love of jazz adds a soulful dimension to David J. Skorton, Cornell's newly named president, who has achieved national recognition as a supporter of the humanities and arts.
One part of David Skorton's career echoes a recent major theme in Cornell scholarship: the application of computer technology and computer science ideas in other disciplines.
As an associate professor of anatomy and cell biology, and radiation oncology, at the University of Iowa's College of Medicine, Robin Davisson, Cornell's next first lady, focuses her research on the basic mechanisms of function, control and signaling in the cardiovascular system.
