Style Engineers, an NSF-funded program to engage girls with STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) topics, is being distributed to educators nationwide following successful testing.
The three co-founders of Novomer Inc., a startup company based on Cornell research, have received the 2016 Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success from the American Chemical Society.
Events on campus this week include a lecture on plant wisdom, heavy metal fashion, a Russian poet, films by Orson Welles and a panel on Latinos at Cornell.
Twelve Cornell women assistant professors have been awarded research grants by the Affinito-Stewart Grants Program to advance research necessary to obtain tenure.
Fifty-two high school junior and senior girls spent a week at the CURIE Academy at Cornell to examine engineering as a possible career, and to do some real engineering on their own.
Alma Sana, founded by Lauren Braun '11, makes bracelets that remind mothers in the developing world of their children's vaccination dates. The bracelets are being evaluated in several countries.
In a banner year for fundraising, Cornell University raised $672.9 million in fiscal 2015 that ended June 30, vaulting the Cornell Now campaign above $6 billion and setting new records for dollars raised and participation.
The application period for the 2016 Child Care Grant begins Sept. 1 and ends Sept. 30. Cornell’s Child Care Grant Program helps faculty and staff pay for child care expenses by granting tax-free rewards.
