Interim President Hunter Rawlings sent a message Dec. 22 responding to a campus petition concerning Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals students and reaffirming the university's commitment to these students.
Chief Investment Officer Kenneth Miranda shares his plan for securing and increasing the endowment to provide resources to advance Cornell’s educational mission for faculty, students and future scholars.
William "Bill" Sitzabee, associate vice president for facilities engineering and project management, has been named interim vice president for infrastructure, properties and planning. He will begin his role Jan. 21.
Ankur Singh, assistant professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineer, will receive the 2017 Young Investigator Award from the Society for Biomaterials.
Barbara Knuth announced Dec. 12 that graduate students who hold DACA status and receive funding through the university will continue to receive funding for the complete length of time they were offered in their admissions letters.
Influential composer and conductor Karel Husa, who taught at Cornell for 38 years and conducted major orchestras as well as campus ensembles, died Dec. 14 in North Carolina. He was 95.
Researchers from Cornell and the University of Virginia collaborated at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source in an effort to better understand the chemistry behind solar cells.
