The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Environmental Defense Fund will distribute $1.24 million to 12 projects co-led by Cornell and EDF scientists for research addressing several sustainability topics.
Beckie Robertson ’82, a venture capital leader in biotechnology, received the Cornell Duffield Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award on April 23 in recognition of a career defined by innovation in health care and service to Cornell.
Jane Lynch, MFA ’84, a five-time Emmy winner who hosts the Fox TV game show “Celebrity Weakest Link,” will give the keynote address at Senior Convocation, set for May 21 from 1-2:30 p.m. in Barton Hall.
Master’s student Avery Sheppard won $25,000 to put toward her fish and chips eatery by winning the Nolan School’s hospitality business plan competition, held April 18 in Statler Auditorium.
Black Student Empowerment, in the Centers for Student Equity, Empowerment and Belonging, has received the annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial and Intercultural Peace and Harmony.
With funds from a record-setting naming gift from David A. Duffield ’62, MBA ’64, the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering will establish the $25 million Cornell David A. Duffield Engineering Education Research Institute.
Lawrence Gibbons, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, is among the researchers awarded the prestigious physics prize for his muon g-2 collaborations.
