Women business leaders inspire students, alumni

The Dyson Symposium on Women in Leadership on campus Feb. 21-22 drew more than 150 Cornell students and alumni.

Book offers look at evolution of queer life on TV

Professor Amy Villarejo new book, “Ethereal Queer: Television, Historicity, Desire,” offers a look at the ways that TV representations of queer life have changed since the 1950s.

Skorton responds to Faculty Senate call for divestment

Cornell President David Skorton has endorsed the Faculty Senate’s December 2013 resolution to aggressively bring carbon neutrality to campus by 2035, but he will not recommend the university divest its $5.7 billion endowment of the top 200 fossil fuel-holding companies.

Four on faculty receive NSF CAREER awards

Olivier Desjardins, David Steurer, Ross Tate and Roseanna Zia have received NSF CAREER awards.

Law professor Ted Eisenberg dies at 66

Theodore “Ted” Eisenberg, the Henry Allen Mark Professor of Law, died Feb. 23 at age 66. Eisenberg was one of the Cornell Law School's most prolific scholars.

Sigma Xi chapter wins national accolade

Cornell University’s Sigma Xi chapter – the chapter that founded the scientific research honor society almost 130 years ago – has been awarded its first Chapter of Excellence Award for 2013 by the group’s national executives.

Freshmen, city kids make masks at Johnson Museum

Cornell freshmen spend time with kids from Ithaca's Southside Community Center at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Feb. 22, where they made masks.

Jacobs Institute at Cornell Tech launches postdoc program

The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute at Cornell Tech has announced that six postdocs are joining the campus for the first Runway Program, a new model for technology entrepreneurs at the Ph.D. level.

Cornellians power Canada to women's hockey gold

O Canada! Oh Big Red! With a little more than three minutes left in the Women’s Hockey Gold Medal game Feb. 20 at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Cornell’s Brianne Jenner ’14 scored Canada’s first goal – setting into motion a sports resurgence for the ages.