Cornell University has extended its partnership to incorporate computer science instruction and opportunities for STEM engagement with Public Prep, a New York City nonprofit network.
More than 1,000 children from 32 participating area schools received gifts of clothing, toys and other items over winter break through the 2017 Elves Program, with an additional 16 children sponsored by staff from the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva.
John Canestaro, from the New York State Veterans Office, now is holding office hours on campus to help military veterans with their state and federal benefits.
Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences has awarded 14 small grants to researchers around the university working on solutions to 21st-century problems.
Astronomers have found that the Cornell-discovered fast radio burst FRB 121102 – from 3 billion light years away – passes through magnetized plasma, causing the cosmic blasts to “shout and twist.”
Tickets are now on sale through Feb. 8 for the Winter Employee Celebration for staff, faculty, retirees and their families. The event features athletics events, a Cornell community dinner and family bowling.
