'Text overlap' clutters scientific papers, arXiv analysis finds

Computerized text analysis of scientific papers in the arXiv repository shows that many authors use text from previous papers of their own and others, not always with attribution.

Weill Cornell students advise pre-med undergrads

Cornell Weill Medical College students are advising undergraduate pre-med students in Ithaca through the the Weill Ithaca Network.

New teaching model a 'game changer'

The College of Arts and Sciences’ Active Learning Initiative has changed the curricula in biology and physics and implemented the use of new classroom technologies.

Graduates at Auburn prison praise Cornell program

Thirteen Auburn Correctional Facility inmates received their diplomas at the Cornell Prison Education Program's second commencement ceremony Dec. 10.

Jessica Bibliowicz to lead WCMC board, as Sandy Weill retires

After 20 years of leadership that transformed Weill Cornell Medical College into a global health care enterprise, Sanford I. Weill ’55 will retire as chair of the Board of Overseers Jan. 1. Jessica M. Bibliowicz ’81, a financial services entrepreneur who has served on the board for the past decade, will succeed him.

In Arts and Sciences, reading every admission application

Faculty readers and others comb every application to the College of Arts and Sciences to select its freshman class.

Tata-Cornell Initiative observes first year of research

Celebrating its first year of research projects in India, the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative briefed faculty and students on drinking-water system projects, research on iron nutrition for women, and a food fortification study.

Uncommon languages offered; Wolof anyone?

The College of Arts and Sciences will offer Wolof and Zulu next fall, and other languages are on the horizon.

$750,000 awarded to Cornell's Society for the Humanities

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $750,000 to Cornell’s Society for the Humanities in support of the Central New York Humanities Corridor.