Body of alumna recovered from park

The body of recent alumna Tine Rubow was recovered from the creek at Taughannock Falls State Park in the afternoon of Dec. 2. New York State Park Police are investigating. (Dec. 3, 2010)

Michal Lipson receives Blavatnik Award

Michal Lipson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received a 2010 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists from the New York Academy of Sciences. (Dec. 2, 2010)

Arts and Sciences to recruit faculty for three new endowed humanities professorships

Gifts totaling $12 million will establish three endowed senior professorships in the humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences, with support from an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation challenge grant. (Dec. 1, 2010)

Robert Summers, pre-eminent legal scholar and beloved teacher, says goodbye

After what he calls 'a thousand years' of learning, teaching and writing, Cornell Law School luminary Robert S. Summers taught his last class Dec. 1. (Dec. 1, 2010)

CU awarded two Luce fellowships for women in engineering

The Clare Boothe Luce Program, part of the Henry Luce Foundation, has awarded Cornell two two-year fellowships, including tuition and stipend, for women graduate students studying engineering.

Two students receive Caplan Travel Fellowships

Two juniors have been awarded $4,000 Harry Caplan Travel Fellowships to study and conduct research in the Mediterranean. (Nov. 30, 2010)

Government's Jessica Weeks wins grant for book on war

Jessica Weeks, assistant professor of government, won a Junior Faculty Research Grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation for her book project 'Dictators at War.' (Nov. 30, 2010)

Student pitches business idea for sunscreen application on MTV Networks program

Kristen McClellan '12 is pitching her business idea, a sunscreen application device, on an MTV Networks show.

NYC Class of '07 alumni bond over breakfast

A speaker series for the Class of 2007 connects prominent alumni with their younger peers to share their strategies for success - along with their reasons for staying connected to Cornell. (Nov. 24, 2010)