News & Events

Crops hold harmful mutations that reduce productivity

New research reveals that even the highest performing maize crops contain rare harmful mutations that limit crop productivity.

Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate to survey Ithaca campus

Members of the Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate are actively working toward an end-of-semester deadline to deliver specific recommendations to President Martha E. Pollack.

Giving Day 2018 aims to make a lasting impact

March 20 is Cornell Giving Day, the fourth annual day of giving dedicated to supporting the university and unifying Cornellians all over the world.

Teukolsky to explore the Dark Universe in Spring Hans Bethe Lecture

Cornell astrophysicist Saul Teukolsky will explain gravitational waves and other phenomena March 28 as part of the Hans Bethe Lecture at Cornell.

Military women discuss service, careers

Women military veterans and ROTC students held a panel discussion March 7 on women in the military, in recognition of Military Women in History Month.

Staff News

Cornell to collaborate with Vingroup to establish VinUniversity in Hanoi, Vietnam

Cornell is involved in a multiyear consulting services contract with Vietnam’s largest property developer that includes advising on the development of infrastructure, campus reviews, curriculum and faculty hiring.

Fortune editor visits March 16 for Munschauer lecture

Leigh Gallagher ’94, senior editor at large at Fortune magazine, will talk about her work and her career March 16.

Campus connects to Afghanistan, Mexico via portal

Students, faculty and staff interacted with people around the world via an inflatable portal set up in the Biotech atrium March 7.

Open campus dinner to discuss adequacy as achievement

Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the next Breaking Bread dinner “In Praise of Adequacy – Reducing the High Stress Culture of Perfectionism: A Mental Health Discussion,” Tuesday, March 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. in B10 Biotech.