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Panel offers faculty perspectives on presidential election

Faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences will discuss this year's presidential election and what it means for the future of our country, Nov. 1.

$3 million gift names the Martin Y. Tang Welcome Center

Trustee Emeritus Martin Tang ’70 – a longtime Cornell volunteer and ambassador – and his family have made a gift to name the Martin Y. Tang Welcome Center, renovating and repurposing Noyes Lodge, which overlooks Beebe Lake.

After sunflower sea star demise, marine tragedy mounts

Cornell and UC Davis researchers have begun to reckon the marine ecosystem devastation of the Salish Sea – north of Seattle – caused by a disease that led to the disappearance of once-abundant sunflower sea stars.

Rawlings applauds ICSD superintendent on state recognition

Interim President Hunter Rawlings issued a statement Oct. 26 congratulating Ithaca City School District's Luvelle Brown on being named the 2017 New York State Superintendent of the Year.

Knuth updates GPSA on strategic progress and student debt

Senior Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Barbara Knuth updated the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Oct. 24 on progress on the Graduate and Professional Community Initiative.

New model suggests scrubbing CO2 from the atmosphere

New Cornell research suggests an economically viable model to scrub carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to thwart runaway, point-of-no-return global warming.

CARE Fund online auction begins Nov. 1

About 150 items were donated to the annual online auction, Nov. 1-3, to support the Emergency CARE Fund. They are now posted online for preview.

Campus collaboration reveals bloody truth of a 16th-century text

Following a rumor that a 16th-century document, part of the Witchcraft Collection in Cornell University Library, was written in blood, a father and daughter investigated.

Robert F. Smith School dedicated in inspiring ceremony

In recognition of a $50 million gift aimed at enriching the diversity of undergraduate engineering, the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering was formally dedicated Oct. 21.

National labor board, in its 81st year, adapts to the times

National Labor Relations Board Chairman Mark Pearce '75 spoke on "Change and Challenges: The NLRB after 81 Years" at Cornell Law School Oct. 24.

Computer scientist Ross Tate working to tame Java 'wildcards'

Ross Tate, an expert on programming languages, will work on a team to fix a security problem in the widely used Java language.

Cornell leads effort to train farmers on new produce safety rules

Cornell is leading a national alliance aimed at improving the safety of fresh produce and helping fruit and vegetable growers meet new regulatory requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act.