News & Events

Students pitch business ideas at Johnson's Shark Tank

Six teams of students ranging from undergraduates to MBA and Ph.D. candidates pitch their business ideas to venture capitalists at Johnson Feb. 4.

Cawley to study obesity economics with national award

Health economist John Cawley will use a $335,000 award to study how public and private measures influence obesity.

Waste not: Student aims to get more out of manure

Ph.D. student Leliah Krounb is studying how to turn human waste into soil nutrients in Kenya by using pyrolysis – thermal combustion in the absence of oxygen.

Balch Hall fire temporarily displaces students

An early morning fire in Balch Hall on Cornell’s North Campus temporarily displaced several freshmen from their rooms Feb. 7.

Assemblies Update, Week of Feb. 3

An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.

Things to Do, Feb. 7-14

Events on campus this week include '60s psychedelic films with live music, book talks on edible bugs, bad decisions and privacy; Darwin Days and a jazz concert by Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez.

Talented Chicago students named to second Posse cohort

A multicultural cohort of 10 Chicago students has been selected to attend Cornell as freshmen in 2014 through the Posse Foundation.

Animal physiologist Ari van Tienhoven dies at 91

Ari van Tienhoven, emeritus professor of animal physiology and ardent supporter of Mann Library, died Jan. 31.

Call for nominations to two staff awards

The Employee Recognition Team is accepting nominations for two staff awards through Feb. 28: the Individual Excellence Award and the Management Award.