Skorton addresses Cuomo's 'Tax-Free NY' summit

President David Skorton addressed Gov. Cuomo's "Tax-Free NY" summit June 3. The proposed program is designed to spur upstate New York business.

Anthropologist studies unusual tribe: derivatives traders

Hirokazu Miyazaki, associate professor of anthropology, studied a group of Japanese derivatives traders for his new book, 'Arbitraging Japan: Dreams of Capitalism at the End of Finance.'

Jay and Eileen Walker to lead library campaign

Alumni Jay and Eileen Walker will co-chair Cornell University Library’s Campaign for Collections, which aims to raise $15 million by the end of 2015.

Faculty, staff, students win SUNY awards for excellence

Twenty students, faculty and staff members in Cornell's contract colleges have been named 2013 winners of State University of New York Chancellor's Awards for Excellence.

Graduate student Kyle Wecker dies at age 30

Kyle Wecker, 30, a graduate student in the field of electrical and computer engineering, died June 1 in Ithaca.

Pannell punctuates epic career with Tewaaraton Trophy

Rob Pannell has won the 2013 Tewaaraton Trophy, the premier award in collegiate lacrosse, it was announced May 30. He becomes the Big Red's second recipient of the award, joining Max Seibald '09.

Study: Women reject promiscuous female peers as friends

Zhana Vrangalova, a graduate student in the field of human development in the College of Human Ecology, is lead author of a study that finds promiscuous women don't prefer other promiscuous women as friends.

Physicist clarifies Higgs boson in human terms

Peter Wittich, associate professor of physics, explained the Higgs boson particle at a community event May 28.

'Big Red Recipes' to help combat hunger in local area

Cornell Students for Hunger Relief have just completed compiling more than 100 recipes from faculty and staff across about 40 departments on campus into a cookbook, Big Red Recipes. The book is on sale at the Cornell Store and Manndible for $15.