Cornell ranks No. 14 in Times Higher Ed rankings

Cornell is ranked No. 14 and No. 16 in world university rankings issued by Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds, respectively. Its graduates were also rated No. 14 by a poll of recruiters. (Sept. 20, 2010)

Mahowald tapped as lead author for intergovernmental climate report

Natalie Mahowald, associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, will help develop the chapter on the physical science basis for climate change. (Sept. 20, 2010)

Latino engineering student success recognized

The College of Engineering's Diversity Programs in Engineering has been named a finalist for 2010 'Examples of Excelencia' by the national organization Excelencia in Education. (Sept. 13, 2010)

Student nonprofit aids Zambian orphans

Ricky Panzer '13 and Alex Friedman '13 have launched a nonprofit organization called Signature Donations, and their first project was to purchase shoes for orphans in Zambia. (Sept. 9, 2010)

Cornell shares in $7.5 million grant to create safer Internet

Cornell computer scientists are sharing in a $7.5 million National Science Foundation grant under the agency's Future Internet Architectures program. (Aug. 30, 2010)

Three grad students get Department of Energy fellowships

Three Cornell graduate students have received Department of Energy fellowship awards, which are designed to strengthen the nation's scientific workforce. (Aug. 23, 2010)

U.S. News & World Report ranks four CU programs in top 10

In its 2011 rankings, U.S. News and World Report ranks Cornell third in undergraduate engineering science/engineering physics programs and fifth in biological/agricultural engineering.

Speakers urge innovation, discuss green technologies at energy conference

The Energy Materials Center at Cornell invited several speakers to give sessions on a wide range of topics dealing with the conference's theme, 'Oxides for Energy Applications.' (Aug. 13, 2010)

Minority student researchers present summer work

Students from universities across the country who spent the summer working in Cornell or Syracuse University research labs presented their work at an Aug. 10 symposium in Hollister Hall. (Aug. 11, 2010)