The Cornell University Hospital for Animals at the College of Veterinary Medicine has named its intensive care unit the Patricia Cornwell Intensive Care Unit for Companion Animals. The best-selling author was honored for her $1…
One of the advantages of a K-12 teaching career is having the summers off. However, while many teachers pursue family and personal interests in the warm season, others return to college, honing their skills for the fall by taking…
As a teenager growing up in Rochester, N.Y., Emily Levitt decorated her room with flags of the world and dreamed of reducing human suffering by working for the United Nations. Now a doctoral candidate in Cornell's Program in International Nutrition.
Turning Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and fried rice into a brand new bricks-and-mortar school for children in rural China is nothing new for Cornell University rising junior Richard Zhao.
As a high school senior in Illinois, the…
GENEVA, N.Y. -- Robert M. Pool, professor emeritus of viticulture at Cornell, died at his home June 10 after a long illness. Pool's research, extension work and teaching contributed significantly to the science and practice of…
Winford "Win" Ralph Tanner of Trumansburg, N.Y., died unexpectedly June 3 at the age of 56. Tanner, who served as a building manager in Clark Hall , was a 38-year university employee. In 1994 he was honored for his enthusiasm and…
Receiving standing ovations both before and after he delivered his farewell State of the University address June 10, Cornell Interim President Hunter Rawlings told the packed Bartels Hall alumni group during Reunion Weekend that…
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has appointed Valerie Reyna, professor and director of extension in the Department of Human Development in the College of Human Ecology, to serve on the President's National…
Robin Murphy Williams Jr., the Henry Scarborough Professor Emeritus of Social Science at Cornell University and a highly respected sociologist known for his love of teaching, wit and humor, died June 3 in Irvine, Calif. He was 91…
Phil Krasicky has accumulated a giant bag of tricks over his years as a senior lecturer at Cornell. And he brought them all to Schwartz Auditorium for a stunt-filled lecture to alumni on the first day of Reunion Weekend.
