CCAT telescope in Chile reaches major milestone

Cornell representatives attended in the first board meeting in Chile of the institutions planning to build the world's largest submillimeter wavelength telescope.

Hospitality, real estate in China set to boom, summit finds

The Cornell International Summit: Hospitality, Real Estate and the Built Environment, in Shanghai April 20, attracted 275 Cornellians and friends to discuss the state of China's hospitality and commercial real estate markets.

Asia-Pacific conference draws record turnout

The sixth Cornell Asia-Pacific Leadership Conference, held April 19-21 in Shanghai, drew record-high attendance of nearly 100 Cornell alumni, parents, friends and faculty members.

Graduate award in poetry honors Alan Young-Bryant

A new endowed fund and an annual award for Ph.D. students finishing their dissertations on poetry have been established in memory of recent Cornell alumnus and poetry scholar Alan Young-Bryant.

Four grad students become U.S. Borlaug fellows

Of 11 graduate students receiving research grants from the U.S. Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security Program, four are Cornell doctoral students.

Behind the scenes at Commencement

Connie Mabry, who has run Cornell's Commencement weekend for 25 years, shared anecdotes of the process of creating the event for thousands of visitors with Ithaca Rotarians May 8.

SWAG celebrates growing impact after first year

Finishing its first year as a university-supported organization, SWAG: Scholars Working Ambitiously to Graduate had 30 pairings of mentors and mentees, with 13 seniors on track to graduate this May.

Philosopher Jill North explores quantum reality

Philosopher Jill North, a proponent of wave function realism, has published an essay titled “The Structure of a Quantum World," included in a new book of essays on the metaphysics of quantum mechanics.

NSF, Intel and GE help retain Cornell engineers

Cornell’s College of Engineering has received a five-year, $908,000 grant from a joint National Science Foundation, Intel and GE program called Graduate 10K+.