Joshua Goldman, a senior majoring in physics at Cornell University, is one of 40 student winners nationwide of the prestigious Marshall Scholarship for two years of study in the United Kingdom.
Despite the huge loss of life and the massive damage caused by the destruction of the twin towers of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, the utility systems beneath the buildings 'held up remarkably well,' a Cornell engineer with wide experience in investigating disasters reports.
Allegra Angus, a senior at Cornell with a dual major in mathematics and computer science, has been selected as one of two winners nationwide, of the Computing Research Association's Outstanding Undergraduate Award for 2002.
A new mechanism for cell survival and cell death -- a paradigm describing the regulation of the growth factors called neurotrophins -- has been discovered by scientists in the Division of Hematology-Oncology of the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.
If you're dreaming of a white Christmas in the Northeast, keep dreaming. For this holiday season, the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell has completely revised its annual white Christmas probability statistics.
Cornell University Police has received three grants totaling $15,525 that will be used to enhance the department's traffic safety and enforcement efforts. Two grants were awarded by the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles.
Kevin Kornegay, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Cornell, has been named Black Engineer of the Year in the category of Promotion of Higher Education.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems has awarded a $1.2 million grant for the creation of a new organic farming network managed by Cornell University's Department of Horticulture.
Paul McEuen, professor of physics at Cornell, is one of four scientists named to share this year's leading European condensed-matter physics award, the Agilent Technologies Europhysics Prize.
A Cornell University alumna and her family have donated $500,000 to establish an endowment for the university's Public Service Center, Susan H. Murphy, vice president for student and academic services, announced today (Dec. 5).
The Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI), which sheds light on the most pressing problems faced by universities, has been awarded $1.5 million to support its research and outreach activities. CHERI received a $525,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and an additional $1 million from the Atlantic Philanthropies (USA) donor group.
John Boudreau, professor in the Department of Human Resources at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources (NAHR). NAHR is considered the foremost professional organization in human resources in the United States.
