Cornell University’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future has selected 11 faculty for the pilot class of its new Fellowship for Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts.
At the annual Community Engagement Showcase April 15, awards recognized student and faculty outreach projects that build relationships across racial, geographical and class backgrounds.
Actor and environmental activist Ted Danson delivered the 2015 Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture “Fish Tales: How Ocean Conservation Became My Passion” on campus April 20.
Artist and design professor Jack Elliott's new installation at the College of Human Ecology features classical plaster casts, new works of sculpture and the remains of a 150-year-old tree.
Nine Cornell doctoral candidates were inducted into the Cornell chapter of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society in April at the Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity and Graduate Education.
Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Awards, which carry a $1,500 prize to advance service projects that address community social needs, were awarded to five students April 17.
Three student teams took home prizes April 16-17 in contests held during Entrepreneurship at Cornell’s Celebration conference, while another 10 teams presented their final pitches at eLab’s Demo Day.
President David Skorton and Vice President Susan Murphy issued a statement thanking the Ithaca and Cornell communities for their response to the fire that displaced 48 people and burned down the Chapter House.
Three undergraduates have received top prizes in the "My Cornell" writing and video contests held in honor of the university's sesquicentennial year. The winning essays and video will be showcased at the April 25 "Sights and Sounds” panel.
Soumitra Dutta, dean of Johnson and co-author of Global Information Technology Report, calls for greater urgency in bringing the benefits of information technology to more global economies and citizens.
Jay Walker ’77, founder of priceline.com, identified trends that will affect businesses in the future April 16 on campus, including artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data.
