Undergraduate and graduate students gathered on the Arts Quad in full regalia to celebrate Cornell's 145th Commencement with friends and family May 26.
Visiting campus May 21-24 to host workshops with Stony Brook University's Center for Communicating Science, Alda implored faculty members to skip the jargon and instead tell stories and make personal, emotional connections.
On May 22, the Cornell Merrill Presidential Scholars Program honored 32 outstanding graduating seniors and the high school teachers and university faculty members who mentored them.
Speaking to a sold-out Schwartz Auditorium May 22, Alan Alda brought his experience as an actor to initiate a dialogue on communication's vital role in science.
Cornell researchers Jenny Sabin and Dan Luo are collaborating on a project to develop new and intricate chemical, biological and architectural materials for a variety of nano- to macro-scale applications.
Five staff members were recipients of the new Individual and Management Excellence Awards and the President's Award of Excellence at an inaugural luncheon, May 9.
Clam fossils from the middle Devonian era – some 380 million years ago – now yield a better paleontological picture of the capacity of ecosystems to remain stable in the face of environmental change.
