Steven Strogatz wins Lewis Thomas science writing prize

Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics, has won the Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing About Science. He will be honored at a March 30 reception at Rockefeller University.

Views diverge on U.S. Middle East policy in Lund Debate

The 2015 Lund Critical Debate March 3 brought a former U.S. ambassador to the Middle East and a scholar together to debate whether U.S. policy in the region works.

Statler Hotel wins fifth consecutive AAA Four Diamond Award

The Statler Hotel won the AAA Four Diamond Award for the fifth year in a row, one of 14 lodging establishments in central and western New York to receive the honor.

Ecological corridor to preserve Ecuadorian Andes bears

A Cornell research team is joining local efforts to help design a socio-ecological corridor that could help save endangered, threatened, endemic species in Ecuador's Andes region.

Students team with Cornell Dining to fight food insecurity

Once a week, students in Cornell's Food Recovery Network chapter pack up leftover food from the Becker House and Robert Purcell Marketplace Eatery warming ovens for distribution to local food pantries.

Former U.S. envoy to Russia delivers Bartels Lecture

Michael McFaul, U.S. ambassador to Russia 2012-14, will deliver the 2015 Bartels World Affairs Lecture, “A New Cold War? Explaining Russia’s New Confrontation with the West” March 16.

Nobel laureate Harold Varmus to join Weill Cornell April 1

Dr. Harold Varmus, director of the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, is internationally recognized for his research on retroviruses and the genetic basis of cancer.

University revises policy on flexibility in the workplace

The revised Flexibility in the Workplace policy features new tools, descriptions of various forms of flexibility and opportunities for training in implementing the policy.

Procurement Services exceeds $30 million savings goal

Cornell Procurement Services has exceeded its savings goal of $30 million through process efficiencies and by changing the ways goods and services are bought for Cornell from outside vendors.