Hillel breaks ground on new building to support Jewish life at Cornell

Harkavy Hall on West Campus will house the Steven K. and Winifred A. Grinspoon Hillel Center for Jewish Community at Cornell, currently located at Anabel Taylor Hall.

Stem-cell registry drive will mobilize campus to save lives

To help the son of an alum and thousands of people in need of life-saving intervention, Cornell is hosting a stem-cell cheek swabbing campaign March 13-20 across the Ithaca campus.

Ivy basketball tourneys bring ‘madness’ to Ithaca

The men’s and women’s Ivy League basketball tournaments will both be held at Cornell for the first time, following a year of preparation.

Spacecraft image center brings the universe to NYS

Science – and astronomy – are for everyone at Cornell’s Spacecraft Planetary Image Facility, which supports astronomy research and performs K-12 and other outreach across New York state.

Carnegie classification recognizes Cornell’s community engagement

Cornell has earned the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, a national designation recognizing universities with sustained, mutually beneficial community partnerships.

Historical marker commemorates Toni Morrison’s time in Ithaca

Cornell faculty, staff, students and community members celebrated the 95th birthday of Toni Morrison, M.A. ’55, by unveiling a new historical marker in front of 513 N. Albany St., where she lived while in graduate school.

New summer course to spark civic engagement in high schoolers

A grant from the Teagle Foundation will allow Cornell faculty and staff to launch a new civic education program for high school students, opening pathways to higher education. 

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Cornell opens state’s first indoor adaptive challenge course

Members of the Cornell community and the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce came together Feb. 10 to celebrate the opening of a new indoor adaptive challenge course at the Noyes Community Recreation Center.

High school seniors get hands-on with nanofabrication through CNF ATLAS program

High school seniors from Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES stepped into the cleanroom at Cornell’s Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility this January, trading classroom labs for hands-on experience in one of the nation’s most advanced university nanofabrication facilities.

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