Eight on faculty receive Affinito-Stewart research grants

The Affinito-Stewart Grants Program administered by the President's Council of Cornell Women has awarded eight women assistant professors research grants totaling $49,200. (Aug. 22, 2011)

U.S. disability system is failing, says professor in new book

Richard V. Burkhauser, the Sarah Gibson Blanding Professor of Policy Analysis at Cornell, has co-authored a new book, 'The Declining Work and Welfare of People with Disabilities.' (Aug. 22, 2011)

Obama names Nozick to nuclear panel

President Barack Obama has appointed Linda Nozick, professor of civil and environmental engineering, to serve as a member of the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. (Aug. 17, 2011)

Students to run veterinary clinic at Bronx YMCA Oct. 8

On Oct. 8, Cornell veterinary students will join volunteer alumni to offer their first daylong animal wellness clinic in the Bronx. Organizers hope it will become a regular event.

Levine honored for best doctoral thesis

Adam Seth Levine '03, assistant professor government, will receive the 2011 E.E. Schattschneider Award from the American Political Science Association. (Aug. 17, 2011)

Grad student wins Hughes fellowship for doctoral research

Shengyi Iris Sun, a second-year graduate student in the field of biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, has been awarded a three-year fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (Aug. 17, 2011)

Katzenstein and graduate student win best article award

Government's Mary Katzenstein and a graduate student won an award for the best political science article of the year. (Aug. 16, 2011)

Boor wins international award for dairy research

Kathryn Boor, Cornell's Ronald P. Lynch Dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has won an international award for her research on dairy microbiology and food safety. (Aug. 16, 2011)

Institute of Mathematical Statistics honors Saloff-Coste

The professor of mathematics was named a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics during an Aug. 1 induction ceremony at the Joint Statistical Meetings/IMS Annual Meeting in Miami. (Aug. 16, 2011)