Christine Shoemaker, the Joseph P. Ripley Professor of Engineering, has received the 2014 National Engineering Award from the American Association of Engineering Societies.
A revolutionary instrument that will expedite the discovery of new, artificial forms of matter will be funded by a $4.13 million gift from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Ithaca middle school students learned about disabilities awareness in a four-part curriculum developed by senior lecturer of communication Kathy Berggren and three Cornell undergraduates.
Doctoral student Meredith Ramirez Talusan, M.A. ’11, who studies comparative literature, serendipitously taught a Filipino woman how to knit. A year later she started a social enterprise that now employs 25 knitters in the Philippines.
Campus leaders learned about accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities during a series of building tours led by the Cornell Union for Disabilities Awareness Nov. 25.
Two graduating seniors with records of excellence in undergraduate research, athletics and community service, Samantha Olyha and Emily Shearer, are heading to Oxford as Cornell’s 2014 Marshall Scholarship recipients.
Although the Cornell men’s hockey team fell to Boston University at its biennial contest at Madison Square Garden Nov. 30, the sold-out crowd, including thousands of Cornellians, partied before and after the game.
