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Cornell named a mentoring center by Sloan Foundation

Cornell has been awarded a three-year, $1.2 million grant to become one of three new University Centers of Exemplary Mentoring, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced.

SnapDragon and RubyFrost are new apple varieties

The two varieties have been a decade in the making, and how they’ve gone to market is a first for the Cornell apple-breeding program and the New York apple industry.

Sander pens book on 'Finland's proudest hour'

Historian Gordon F. Sander '72's book, "The Hundred Day Winter War," is a comprehensive account of Finland's heroic stand in 1939-1940 against the Red Army.

University presidents urge closing of 'innovation deficit'

Cornell President David Skorton joined 165 university presidents and chancellors to call on leaders in Washington to close what they call the “innovation deficit.”

A golden anniversary, the Big Red way

In honor of their 50th wedding anniversary, alumni Sam and Judy Greenblatt brought 12 members of their immediate family to Cornell Adult University in July.

Oh, B.A.B.Y.: Undergrads study language in kids

Two undergraduates are studying obstacles to learning among children at Cornell's Behavioral Analysis of Beginning Years (B.A.B.Y.) Lab.

Cornell faces its share of computer attacks

With universities becoming a favored target of foreign hackers, Cornell sees about 50,000 break-in attempts per day.

Cornell rises in Forbes ranking

Forbes magazine ranks Cornell University No. 19, up from No. 51 last year, in its ratings of 650 of “America’s Top Colleges.”

Simon Bauer, professor emeritus of chemistry, dies

Simon Bauer, professor emeritus of chemistry and chemical biology, died July 14 at the age of 101.