Will Dichtel, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, whose innovations may allow for ample electricity and for detecting trace amounts of explosives, has received a 2015 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
Cornell University was announced as one of five universities to receive the 2015 Active Minds Healthy Campus Award because of its student-focused efforts to create a caring, healthy campus environment.
Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, a national nonprofit working to close the gender gap in technology and prepare young women for jobs of the future, will speak on campus Oct. 7.
Pioneering photographer of lesbian erotica Honey Lee Cottrell, who died recently, has given her papers to the Cornell University Library Human Sexuality Collection.
Cornell University signed its first research agreement on Sept. 23 with Yili Group, the largest dairy producer in China. The accord is expected to be the first of many between the two.
Events on campus this week include viewing of the total lunar eclipse at Fuertes Observatory; Banned Books Week; animation screening in Sage Chapel and Jack DeJohnette's jazz quintet in Bailey Hall.
"The Darfur Compromised" by Trevor Stankiewicz '15 and directed by Rudy Gerson '15 will preview Sunday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. in Beverly J. Martin elementary school before moving Off-Broadway Nov. 2.
James Mwangi, CEO of African bank Equity Group Holdings – a banking conglomerate with the largest customer base on the African continent - spoke on campus Sept. 22 about his business philosophy.
