Now, the real work begins on the NYC tech campus

On Feb. 3, leaders of the New York City tech campus initiative held an open forum to answer questions, provide updates and reiterate the transformative nature of the project for Cornell as a whole.

Crocheting, geometry garners math book prize

Daina Taimina, adjunct associate professor of mathematics, has received the Euler Book Prize from the Mathematical Association of America.

Itai Dinour '01 leads effort to keep NYC students in school

Itai Dinour '01 leads City Year New York, which attracts Cornellians to work with at-risk public school students and stem the tide of drop outs.

Veverka honored with Whipple Award

Joseph Veverka, Cornell's James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences, has received the Whipple Award for his 'outstanding contribution to the field of planetary science.' (Jan. 31, 2012)

Qi wins prestigious American Diabetes Association award

Ling Qi, a researcher who studies the response of fat cells to stress and its relationship to obesity and type 2 diabetes, received a prestigious award from the American Diabetes Association. (Jan. 31, 2012)

Three faculty members named Weiss fellows

Cornell professors George Hudler, Ravi Ramakrishna and Yervant Terzian have been recognized for distinguished teaching with Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowships. (Jan. 26, 2012)

New policy gives registered disaster volunteers paid leave for up to five days

Cornell faculty and staff who are certified by the American Red Cross or similar organizations as disaster volunteers or emergency disaster responders can now take five days paid leave. (Jan. 26, 2012)

Nobel laureate Robert Richardson to receive Duke degree

Physicist Robert C. Richardson, 1996 Nobel laureate, will receive an honorary degree from Duke University. (Jan. 26, 2012)

Board Chair Peter Meinig looks back on a decade of service

Peter C. Meinig '61, outgoing chair of the Cornell University Board of Trustees, recently sat down with the Cornell Chronicle to look back on a decade of service.