For massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that help dieticians and nutritionists around the world understand the latest research, course completion rates more than double that of normal MOOC fare.
Cornell Procurement Services won the 19th annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement award for 2014 from the National Procurement Institute , a national network of purchasing and supply management professionals.
The Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation’s ninth Fiber Arts and Wearable Arts Exhibition, a collection of Cornell student creations on display at the Jill Stuart Gallery in the Human Ecology Building, runs through Oct. 24.
Interfaith leader Eboo Patel delivered Cornell United Religious Work’s annual Frederic C. Wood Lecture Sept. 9, in which he urged bridge-building between people of different faiths.
Events on campus include TV stars Laverne Cox and Henry Winkler; electronic music with visual accompaniment at Cornell Cinema; and the Dyson Women in Leadership Summit.
Cornell has moved up one spot in the annual college rankings from U.S. News and World Report, which places the university at No. 15, up from 16 last year, out of 280 schools that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors along with master’s and doctoral degrees.
Forty-one Cornell graduates have joined the incoming Teach For America corps of 5,900 individuals this year, making Cornell the eighth-largest contributor of new teachers this year among schools of its size.
David R. Lee, professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, has been named the first Provost’s Fellow for Internationalization.
