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Grand jury indicts sophomore in stabbing incident

A Cornell sophomore who allegedly stabbed a visiting Union College student on West Campus Feb. 18 has been indicted for a hate crime assault by a Tompkins County grand jury. Tompkins County District Attorney Gwen Wilkinson…

Lee C. Lee, Asian-American studies pioneer, dies at age 70

Lee Charlotte Lee, 70, professor emerita of human development and of Asian-American studies at Cornell University, died unexpectedly April 30 at her home.The first woman professor of Asian ancestry at Cornell, Lee was an expert…

National biotech meeting to be held at Cornell, June 12-14

The National Agricultural Biotechnology Council (NABC) will hold its 18th annual meeting at Cornell, on the Ithaca and Geneva campuses, June 12-14. The meeting, "Agricultural Biotechnology: Economic Development Through New…

Biological sciences program at Cornell jumps to seventh in national graduate school rankings

Cornell's advanced degree program in biological sciences has risen significantly in rankings by U.S. News and World Report in its "America's Best Graduate Schools 2007" annual report, released April 14. The report placed Cornell…

Biological sciences program at Cornell jumps to seventh in national graduate school rankings

Cornell's advanced degree program in biological sciences jumped from 14th in the nation to seventh in U.S. News and World Report's 'America's Best Graduate Schools 2007' annual report. (May 4, 2006)

Moo over Mann: Cornellia tops off newly renovated library roof

Cornellia the cow hovers above the southwest corner of Mann Library during a "topping-off" celebration April 26.

Skorton, Martin to participate in national humanities colloquium

Humanists from across the country, including Cornell President-elect David J. Skorton and Provost Biddy Martin, will meet in Philadelphia May 12 at a national colloquium convened by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS…

Essay excerpts from 'Do the Humanities Have to Be Useful?'

Do the humanities have to be useful? As you might expect, Cornell faculty members and students can concoct a wide range of creative responses to a question like that. Eighteen essays about the humanities have been published in a…

Sarah Thomas reappointed as university librarian

Cornell Provost Biddy Martin has announced the reappointment of Sarah E. Thomas as the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian for a five-year term, beginning July 1. "Sarah Thomas' contributions to Cornell have been profound,…

Fulbright awards take Cornellians and their research projects from Iceland to Australia

Cornell students have been selected to receive 17 Fulbright grants and 10 Fulbright-Hays fellowships in the 2006-07 academic year.

Betty Friedan's life, outside and inside Cornell, is celebrated by scholars and activists

Betty Friedan's life and Cornell connection celebrated. The occasion for these tributes was the celebration of Friedan's life, April 24 at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR). Sponsored by the Provost's Office, the Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies (FGSS) program and the ILR School.

From Paul Whiteman to Humanities in Medicine, Al Gallodoro plays all that jazz

NEW YORK -- To shut one's eyes was to be transported back to a dark table in a corner of the El Morocco nightclub during the late 1930s. The mournful yet soaring opening of "Rhapsody in Blue," played by jazz virtuoso Al Gallodoro…