Kathleen Vogel awarded Carnegie grant

Assistant Professor Kathleen Vogel will use the grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York for a study on U.S. and former Soviet Union bioweapons history. (May 13, 2008)

Cornell-Nepal Studies Program weathers a civil war and looks to the future

A peaceful political resolution to the civil war in Nepal should boost enrollment in the Cornell-Nepal Study Program, Cornell Abroad's only campus-administered program. (May 13, 2008)

As the Big Red goes green, climate conference builds bridges across campus

A Cornell mini-conference on climate change was designed to build bridges across disciplines and departments, so faculty and staff could learn what others are doing and collaborate.

Alumna Melissa Bank named 2009 visiting writer at Cornell

Melissa Bank, MFA '98, the author of the best-seller 'The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing,' will teach seminars to undergraduates and graduate students in English and creative writing. (May 7, 2008)

History of Art Majors Society explores boundaries of art and the body in 'Exquisite Corpus'

The History of Art Majors Society has curated interactive art representing the human body for an annual exhibition at the Johnson Museum, 'Exquisite Corpus: Interacting with the Fragmented Body.' (May 6, 2008)

Johnson Museum to celebrate groundbreaking for new wing, May 17

The museum will celebrate groundbreaking for its $20 million, 16,000-square-foot addition May 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. The free public event also recognizes the museum's 35th anniversary. (May 5, 2008)

Five Cornell students receive prestigious fellowships for study in Germany

Five students will spend the 2008-09 academic year studying in Germany as a result of winning prestigious fellowships from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and the Cornell/Heidelberg Exchange. (May 5, 2008)

American Academy of Arts and Sciences names four Cornell academics as fellows

Barbara Baird, John Guckenheimer, Carol Krumhansl and Peter Lepage join 186 other new fellows from the United States and 22 foreign honorary members this year. (May 1, 2008)

Planetary scientist Don Campbell named director of Cornell center that manages NSF's Arecibo Observatory

Astronomy professor Donald Campbell will succeed Robert Brown as director of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, the Cornell center that manages NSF's Arecibo Observatory, effective June 1. (May 1, 2008)