Cornell President Hunter Rawlings today issued the following statement in response to news reports that a prominent Cornell alumnus, Charles F. Feeney, and his family were the principals in the formation, in the early 1980s, of two significant international philanthropies, The Atlantic Foundation and The Atlantic Trust.
The one place in the Northeast most likely to have a white Christmas - Caribou, Maine - officially had but an inch of snow on the ground. It started the holiday at midnight with a high temperature of 44 degrees, not surprising since this was also Caribou's warmest December since the start of official records there in 1939, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center .
A $20 million gift to Cornell from an alumnus will launch major new instructional and research initiatives in science and engineering and provide state-of-the-art facilities in growing technologies for electronic and photonic devices, biotechnology and advanced materials processing.
Mini-grants worth up to $1,000 are available for Cornell student groups, faculty and staff members to develop prevention-education programs addressing violence and substance abuse on campus.
To help advance the careers of women in academia, the President's Council of Cornell Women is offering grants to support the completion of dissertations and research leading to tenure and promotion.
Knowing why the groundhog comes out of hibernation in early February may have more import than predicting winter's end, Cornell researchers have found. Groundhogs have more dramatic annual biological rhythms than nearly all other mammals and are a perfect animal model for studying them.
The scientific battle against the devastating fungal strain Phytophthora infestans - commonly known as potato late blight - has been elevated on international fronts, according to a report released this month by the Cornell-Eastern Europe-Mexico.
Donald F. Smith, professor of surgery and associate dean for academic programs, has been named acting dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine while a search is conducted for a successor to Dean Franklin M. Loew. Loew, who has held dean's post since 1995, will leave Jan. 31.
