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Cornell sees 10.6 percent return on FY18 investments

Cornell University’s endowment returned 10.6 percent for the year ending June 30, bringing its total investments to $7.2 billion.

Acclimate or die: Book examines disease in the British Empire

Historian Suman Seth's new book looks at how disease and race were conceived of in the 18th century British empire.

Active learning grants energize CALS classrooms

CALS is supporting faculty with grant funding that promotes active learning in their classrooms.

Diplomat Fried to present LaFeber-Silbey Lecture Oct. 18

Ambassador Daniel Fried ’75 will share his perspectives gained during his 40-year career in the foreign service as this year’s LaFeber-Silbey lecturer.

Theater scholar examines critical reception of religion on Broadway

A scholar will analyze how the American theater represents religion in a University Lecture Oct. 17.

Grad students recognized at dean’s scholars pinning ceremony

The Graduate School welcomed more than 30 new and continuing Dean’s Scholars at a ceremony Sept. 26.

Kevin Hallock named dean of SC Johnson College of Business

Economist and compensation and labor market scholar Kevin F. Hallock, the Kenneth F. Kahn ’69 Dean in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, has been named dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.

Arthur Ashkin, Ph.D. ’52, shares Nobel Prize in physics

Arthur Ashkin, Ph.D. '52, whose invention of optical tweezers revolutionized the way scientists can study and manipulate biological systems, has won a share of this year's Nobel Prize in physics.

Cornell’s new Sustainable Landscapes Trail opens Oct. 5

Lace up your walking shoes and head to Cornell’s new Sustainable Landscapes Trail, which opens with a ceremony Friday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m., at the parking lot across from the Dairy Bar on Tower Road.