"I've been a scientist, so I look at graphs all the time, and I think they're beautiful," said Jenifer Wightman '02. So she, a researcher in crop and soil sciences with the eye of an artist, asked Cornell faculty and staff members to send her their own examples of "important, meaningful or remarkable charts, graphs, maps, diagrams or tables.
Cornell's Class of 1971 was witness to an especially tumultuous era of campus unrest, peaking with the takeover of Willard Straight Hall by black student activists on April 19, 1969. During a Reunion Weekend forum, June 9 in…
Colleen Keller '08, a textiles and apparel (TXA) major, has won first place and $1,000 in a design competition sponsored by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC). Keller won in the Apparel Design --…
An ostentatious intruder ran afoul of authorities after a broken window was discovered on the south side of Rand Hall on June 6. A peacock -- an escapee from a Cayuga Heights estate -- broke into the building around 5 p.m. and…
The Cornell University Hospital for Animals at the College of Veterinary Medicine has named its intensive care unit the Patricia Cornwell Intensive Care Unit for Companion Animals. The best-selling author was honored for her $1…
One of the advantages of a K-12 teaching career is having the summers off. However, while many teachers pursue family and personal interests in the warm season, others return to college, honing their skills for the fall by taking…
As a teenager growing up in Rochester, N.Y., Emily Levitt decorated her room with flags of the world and dreamed of reducing human suffering by working for the United Nations. Now a doctoral candidate in Cornell's Program in International Nutrition.
Turning Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and fried rice into a brand new bricks-and-mortar school for children in rural China is nothing new for Cornell University rising junior Richard Zhao. As a high school senior in Illinois, the…
GENEVA, N.Y. -- Robert M. Pool, professor emeritus of viticulture at Cornell, died at his home June 10 after a long illness. Pool's research, extension work and teaching contributed significantly to the science and practice of…
Winford "Win" Ralph Tanner of Trumansburg, N.Y., died unexpectedly June 3 at the age of 56. Tanner, who served as a building manager in Clark Hall , was a 38-year university employee. In 1994 he was honored for his enthusiasm and…
