Cornell University’s Sigma Xi chapter – the chapter that founded the scientific research honor society almost 130 years ago – has been awarded its first Chapter of Excellence Award for 2013 by the group’s national executives.
The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute at Cornell Tech has announced that six postdocs are joining the campus for the first Runway Program, a new model for technology entrepreneurs at the Ph.D. level.
O Canada! Oh Big Red! With a little more than three minutes left in the Women’s Hockey Gold Medal game Feb. 20 at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Cornell’s Brianne Jenner ’14 scored Canada’s first goal – setting into motion a sports resurgence for the ages.
Events this week include a discussion of Nelson Mandela's legacy, New York Health Commissioner Nirav Shah, "Art History in a Nutshell" at the Johnson Museum, and Rich Stearns '73 of World Vision.
Cornell oceanographer Charles Greene will give two presentations at the Ocean Sciences Meeting, Feb. 23-28 in Honolulu, on marine algae and tracking fish populations.
Benefit Services will be closed March 7 to move from Day Hall to the East Hill Office Building (EHOB) and will reopen March 10. Shortly thereafter, the HR offices at Thornwood Drive will move to East Hill Plaza.
Check in to conservation and check out sustainability: Cornell’s Statler Hotel will receive the 2014 Good Earthkeeping Award, the greenest award bestowed by the New York State Hospitality and Tourism Association.
Applications are being accepted through Feb. 26 for the 2014 James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony. The award will be presented March 11.
A number of faculty and staff responded with a pledge to the 2013 Cornell United Way Campaign, bringing the university to nearly 95 percent of its goal.
