U.S. News and World Report ranked Cornell first in the country among undergraduate engineering science/engineering physics programs. Cornell was also ranked No. 14 worldwide by QS. (Sept. 12, 2012)
At the Sept. 12 Faculty Senate meeting, Provost Kent Fuchs updated faculty on various university topics, including his acceptance of the revised academic calendar the senate had ratified in May.
Provost Kent Fuchs issued a university statement on revisions to the academic calendar. Changes will go into effect beginning in the spring semester of 2014.
Cornell's baroque organ is the first in the world to be equipped with wind systems that let it reproduce sounds exactly as Bach and other period composers intended. (Sept. 11, 2012)
Many events scheduled for Homecoming Weekend, Sept. 21-23, including fireworks in Schoellkopf Field Friday evening, will be of interest to students, faculty, staff and members of the local community. (Sept. 10, 2012)
Physics, agoraphobia and romance will entwine for an unusual production at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts next week: 'Emergence,' running Sept. 20-22. (Sept. 10, 2012)
Arthur Wolcott '49, founder and chairman of Seneca Foods Corp., his wife, Audrey, and the Seneca Foods Foundation have made a $20 million commitment in support of Cornell's Award Match Initiative. (Sept. 10, 2012)
Arthur W. Brodeur, the founding editor of the Cornell Chronicle, recalls President Emeritus Dale Corson's crucial role in establishing the campus newspaper. (Sept. 7, 2012)