Ithaca sculptures to honor women who drove social justice

Sculptures honoring a former ILR School faculty member who established social policies that affect millions of Americans and a woman who devoted her life to equity in Ithaca will be unveiled Aug. 17.

eCornell, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv unite to support Ukrainians

eCornell and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv are collaborating to give Ukrainian citizens and refugees access to Cornell certificate programs.

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Minnie, music and more: Cornellians ‘chill on the quad’

More than 400 Cornellians gathered on the Ag Quad July 30 at the Cornell Summer Wellbeing Adventure “Chillin’ on the Quad Party,” which invited employees, students and retirees to relax, catch up with colleagues and make new connections while enjoying music and outdoor activities.

NYS grants veterinary diagnostic lab $19.5M for building expansion

Lawmakers announced $19.5 million in capital funding to the New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Cornell during a ceremony July 29 at the university. 

Nexus Scholars study climate change inequality and infant language learning

The program in the College of Arts & Sciences provides undergraduate students with summer opportunities to conduct research with and be mentored by faculty from across the college.

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Rev: Ithaca Startup Works puts new entrepreneurs through their paces

Over 10 weeks, 22 teams of would-be entrepreneurs developed products ranging from multilingual children's toys to innovative greenhouse hoops for small-scale farmers.

$10M gift from Seneca Foods will support the Cornell Food Venture Center

The gift from the Seneca Foods Foundation will help food producers of all sizes bring their products to market.

Nicolas van de Walle, leading African politics scholar, dies at 67

Nicolas van de Walle, the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government in the College of Arts and Sciences, who played a formative role in the field of comparative politics, died on July 15. He was 67.

Invasive spotted lanternfly detected in Finger Lakes vineyard

The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets identified the invasive pest in Romulus, New York, following reports from Cornell’s New York State Integrated Pest Management Program.