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With hard work, prisoners graduate at historic ceremony

In a formal ceremony with speeches, a bagpiper and mortarboards, 15 prisoners earned associate's degrees through the Cornell Prison Education Program.

New guidelines for pet CPR are published

A Cornell assistant professor of veterinary medicine co-led the efforts to develop and publish the first guidelines on performing CPR on pets.

More than half of New Yorkers say risks of gas drilling outweigh revenue

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.

A receptor may hold key to multiple sclerosis treatment

A receptor recently discovered to control the movement of immune cells across central nervous system barriers (including the blood-brain barrier) may hold the key to treating multiple sclerosis.

MRI scanner to propel cutting-edge research across campus

A powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner has been delivered to Martha Van Rensselaer Hall; it is expected to be operational in the fall.

Program helps librarians build information literacy

To help students increase their research skills, 38 Cornell librarians participated in the Cornell Information Literacy Immersion Program, May 21-24. (June 8, 2012)

Cornell hosts sessions at national conference on race

Cornell was the institutional host of the 25th Anniversary National Conference on Race and Ethnicity, May 29-June 2, in New York City.

Sigma Pi visitor pleads guilty in racially charged incident

A bottle-throwing incident with racial overtones that aroused uproar across campus came to a quiet conclusion May 30 in Ithaca City Court.

Story of Esther by ILR student wins sermon contest

Sarah Victor '14, an ILR student, wrote and delivered the winning sermon in this year's Harold I. Saperstein '31 Topical Sermon Contest on American Ideals.

Arctic ice melt sets stage for severe winters, scientists say

Severe winter weather outbreaks are more likely due in part to the seemingly far-off problem of melting sea ice in the Arctic, according to Cornell earth scientists.

Stover honored with MERIT award for folate research

To support his long-running research on vitamins folate and vitamin B-12 and their link to chronic disease, Patrick Stover, professor of nutritional biochemistry, has received funding for 10 years.

'Life of the Mind' at School of Criticism and Theory

School of Criticism and Theory will explore debates in literary studies, political theory and philosophy at its 2012 session at Cornell from June 17 to July 27.