Cornell dedicates memorial to alumni lost on 9/11

A memorial in Anabel Taylor Hall, honoring the 21 Cornellians who were victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, was dedicated in a ceremony Oct. 28.

Rawlings calls for 'One Cornell' in university address

Cornell's future lies in its ability to take advantage of being the only institution in New York that bridges the divide between upstate and downstate, said President Rawlings in his State of the University Address Oct. 28.

Admissions underway for first class on new Cornell Tech campus

In August 2017, Cornell Tech's inaugural Roosevelt Island class will move into a campus built for innovation and creative collisions. Cornell Tech is accepting applications in seven master’s programs.

Robert F. Smith School dedicated in inspiring ceremony

In recognition of a $50 million gift aimed at enriching the diversity of undergraduate engineering, the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering was formally dedicated Oct. 21.

$2M gift to drive Weill Cornell advances in immunotherapy

To advance a powerful cancer treatment strategy that uses immune cells to fight the disease, Ellen and Gary Davis '76 have made a $2 million gift to Weill Cornell Medicine to drive ongoing research in immunotherapy.

Researchers, alums receive NIH New Innovator Awards

Two Cornell researchers and two alumni were among 48 scientists nationwide who received $1.5 million awards from the National Institutes of Health.

Research project to combat 'superbugs,' antibiotic resistance

Cornell researchers received a $500,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help in a national initiative to combat drug-resistant organisms, sometimes referred to as "superbugs."

Chemotherapy drives bladder cancer treatment resistance

New research by Weill Cornell Medicine shows chemotherapy kills the most common type of bladder cancer, urothelial cancer, but it also shapes genetic evolution of remaining urothelial cancer cells.

Two Weill Cornell faculty elected to national academy

Two Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members, Dr. Francis Lee and Dr. Jane Salmon, were elected to National Academy of Medicine, it was announced Oct. 17.