Instead of taking his economics degree and leaving after graduation, Turkel Anwar ’15 decided to spend an extra semester at Cornell leading Student Agencies. The organization that runs seven local businesses and employs more than 200 Cornell undergrads.
CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer Karlyn Beer ’06 helped Liberia combat Ebola on the front lines in the fall. She said safely caring for Ebola patients and preventing further transmission proved to be extremely complex.
Student facilitators of Wingman 101 discuss the program, which engages undergraduate men in the prevention of sexual violence by encouraging them to take responsibility as proactive bystanders.
Professor Kevin F. Hallock has been named the Kenneth F. Kahn Dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, President David J. Skorton announced today. Hallock will begin his five-year term Feb. 1.
Striving to become greener than ever, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall West and the residential complex Court-Kay-Bauer and Mews halls won the 2014 Energy Smackdown 2014 - saving Cornell thousands of dollars.
In a message to the Cornell community, President David Skorton encouraged remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. and reflection on "how each of us and all of us can advance the values he stood for in our own lives and in the communities we share."
1 million and counting: Scientific-paper repository arXiv has reached milestone with a million submissions. Cornell University Library has provided stewardship for arXiv, since its founder, Paul Ginsparg, joined the faculty in 2001.
Sara Xayarath Hernández, director of Diversity Programs in Engineering, has been named associate dean for inclusion and student engagement in the Graduate School. She will begin her new role this spring and also will serve as a University Diversity Officer.
A collaboration between Cornell and Ithaca's Kitchen Theatre Company has found a new way to make physics irresistible, with “Physics Fair,” an original musical theater production.
