Fired up: Glassblower crafts the tools of innovation

Scientific glassblower Sean Donlon applies craftsmanship, problem-solving and a deep understanding of glass to support research and innovation.

Thomas A. Lewis named Graduate School dean, vice provost

The Cornell Board of Trustees Executive Committee voted on June 2 to approve the five-year appointment, effective Aug. 1.

Savely Senderovich, scholar of Russian literature, dies at 89

Savely Senderovich, professor of Russian literature and medieval studies emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences for more than 30 years, died on April 1 in Clarkstown, New York. He was 89.

Gift creates new Dallas Morse Coors Concert Series at Cornell

A $2 million gift from the Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts will rename the Cornell Concert Series and allow it to continue its efforts to bring world-class musicians to campus.

Graduate student invited to Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

Beth Ryan, a graduate student in chemistry and chemical biology working in the Baskin Lab at Cornell’s Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, has been selected as a Young Scientist to attend the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting dedicated to Chemistry, to be held June 2025 in Lindau, Germany.

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Norton honored with top alumni award from Harvard

Mary Beth Norton, the Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History Emerita, was honored May 28 by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

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‘Expectations matter’: Cornell expert on today’s economic turmoil

Ryan Chahrour studies how people’s beliefs drive economic events and what makes the U.S. dollar special – and dominant – in world trade. 

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Students got game at annual video game showcase

The Game Design Initiative at Cornell's game showcase attracted more than 475 people who played new student games and voted for their favorite.

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New trustees set to join Cornell Board in July

At its May 23 meeting, the Cornell Board of Trustees elected five new trustees and reelected six current trustees to four-year terms. They all join recent alumni- and student-elected trustees.