Susan Murphy '73, Ph.D. '94, vice president for student and academic services at Cornell has been chosen to receive the 2012 Tanner Prize for her career-long efforts to enhance Jewish life at Cornell.
The U.S.-India Educational Foundation has awarded $250,000 to allow Cornell's International Programs to partner with agricultural universities in India.
Law School dean Stewart Schwab announced June 8 that his school has received a $25 million gift commitment. The gift will support faculty research, student financial aid and academic programs.
A survey by Cornell's Survey Research Institute finds that more than half of New Yorkers believe that the risks of natural gas drilling outweigh the benefits.
The human biology, health and society major in Cornell's College of Human Ecology has been awarded an oncology research fellowship at the Spanish National Cancer Research Center. (May 30, 2012)
Cornell's Upward Bound program, which prepares high schoolers in Groton and Elmira for college, has received $1.3 million in funding that will allow the program to expand to Newfield and Spencer-Van Etten.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivered a funny and thoughtful Convocation address May 26 that drew historical parallels between the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 and today. (May 26, 2012)
