Elaine Wethington and Rachel Dunifon have co-edited the new book, 'Research for the Public Good: Applying the Methods of Translational Research to Improve Human Health and Well-Being.' (May 10, 2012)
Barbara Baird, M.S. '75, Ph.D. '79; Alan Mittman '71; and Darrick Evensen, M.S. '11, have been elected to the Cornell Board of Trustees by faculty, staff members and graduate students, respectively. (May 10, 2012)
For the first time in Cornell's history, graduate students have created an award to honor the people who have the greatest impact on their academic careers: faculty mentors.
Three classes of Park Leadership fellows have participated in the MacCormick-Johnson Fatherhood Program in which MBA students mentor incarcerated youth.
The university has chosen Pritzer Prize winner Thom Mayne and Morphosis to design the first academic building for the tech campus on Roosevelt Island. Cornell is striving to create a net-zero energy structure.
Jerome Ziegler, former dean of the College of Human Ecology and a leading expert on urban education, higher education and intergovernmental relations, died May 3 at age 88.
Peter Beinart, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, stressed that American Jewish organizations are failing to connect with young American Jews, who largely feel alienated from Israel.
Eric Nathan, DMA '12, has been selected to receive a 2012 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award.
