Current students have identified the first 25 members of what they hope will be a permanent hall of fame to honor Cornellians who have given time and energy to human rights causes.
Marcia Eames-Sheavly '83, a senior lecturer and senior extension associate in the Horticulture Section, shares her passion for botanical illustration. A show of her work opened May 4 at Cornell Plantations.
In March, Trustee Emeritus Sam Fleming ’62 and his wife, Nancy Fleming, made a $5 million gift to create new graduate fellowships in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
A Cornell engineering team has received a $100,000 starter grant from NASA to develop a soft, swimming robot suitable for exploring the harsh conditions of other worlds, notably Jupiter's moon Europa.
The wildlife documentary, "The Sagebrush Sea" – the first broadcast film produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology – will air on PBS Nature May 20 at 8 p.m. EDT.
Wading ankle-deep along the shore of the cosmic ocean, scientists from around the world gathered at Cornell May 9 to celebrate and inaugurate the university’s Carl Sagan Institute: Pale Blue Dot & Beyond.
Actress Jennifer Harmon, 71, is mentoring Weill Cornell medical students and sharing experiences as a patient through the Longitudinal Educational Experience Advancing Patient Partnerships program.
In studying how airplane noise affects the palate, Cornell food scientists have found sweetness suppressed and umami- the sweet, savory taste of amino acids such as glutamate - enhanced.
Suren Jayasuriya, a graduate student in the lab of Alyosha Molnar, is developing a 3-D camera with specially designed image sensors that could lead to previously unimagined applications.
A panel discussion following a screening of the film "The Hunting Ground," May 4 focused on the reporting of incidences of sexual assault at Cornell, the university's responses to these incidents and its efforts to change campus culture.
Sean Eversley Bradwell, Ph.D. ’09, assistant professor at Ithaca College, gave the keynote address, "The Ability to Achieve Purpose," at a recent Men of Color Colleague Network Group luncheon.
Grocery shoppers who first received a sample apple slice purchased 28 percent more fruits and vegetables, according to a study from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.