Cornell University President Elizabeth Garrett died March 6 from colon cancer. She was 52. "There are few words to express the enormity of this loss," said Robert S. Harrison, chairman of the Cornell Board of Trustees.
Robert S. Harrison, chairman of the Cornell University Board of Trustees, announced Monday that President Elizabeth Garrett died Sunday night after battling colon cancer.
Approximately 500 Cornell alumni and friends gathered Jan. 29 in New York City to mark the completion of Cornell's capital campaign, which raised $6.36 billion for university priorities.
Emeritus food science professor David K. Bandler donated 17.43 acres to Cornell Plantations' Fischer Old-Growth Forest Natural Area in the Town of Newfield. The preserve protects nearly 60 acres.
Into the Streets, the popular day of student volunteer events, is focusing on its goal of promoting a lifetime commitment to service among the Cornell community.
At Cornell's Homecoming, generations of Cornellians joined the local community to take part in pageantry, sports, food and the inauguration of Elizabeth Garrett.
Physicist Séamus Davis has received a $2 million, five-year grant to explore new ways to study “quantum materials” like superconductors, superfluids and whatever comes next.
With help from Cornell, a new beverage is making its way into stores beginning this April: It is called Vertical Water, and it's the sweet water sap that makes its way up maple trees from the soil.
