The professor of biochemistry, molecular and cell biology is one of 210 fellows to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. Also inducted was novelist and Cornell alumnus Thomas Pynchon. (April 27, 2009)
Government professor Christopher J. Anderson is co-investigator for an international collaborative research project that will examine elections in Canada, France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland. (April 27, 2009)
Prince Turki Al-Faisal, ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States from 2005 to 2007, traced the more than 80-year relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia in an April 23 lecture. (April 24, 2009)
Judith Appleton, Krystal Bruyer, Keesha Hayes, Melissa Thomas-Hunt and Judy Virgilio are the recipients of the 2009 Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Recognition Awards, which were presented April 23.
Cornell's Southeast Asia Program has been designated a U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center and Foreign Language and Area Studies Center for 50 years. (April 23, 2009)
Dr. Arthur Garson laid out the topography of the health care debate, defining terms and dispelling a few myths along the way, in his keynote address kicking off the Sick in America series, April 20. (April 21, 2009)
Cornell researchers have shown that catalytic reactions on carbon nanotubes occur at unique sites, which could lead to a new way to make cleaner fuels. (April 16, 2009)
Scholars will explore military conflict and security in a two-day conference, 'Accumulating Insecurity, Securing Accumulation: Militarizing Everyday Life,' April 17-18 at the ILR Conference Center. (April 15, 2009)