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Orientation offers new students wide range of activities

Starting with Move-in Day Aug. 21, Orientation will include a president's reception, Convocation, Big Red Blowout and a variety of concerts, performances, lectures and sales.

Public health fellows provide 'near-peer' perspectives

Three recent Cornell graduates have returned to the Ithaca campus to help promote student health and well-being as part of the Public Health Fellows program at Gannett Health Services.

Influential theater professor Stephen Cole dies at 82

Stephen Cole, who helped establish one of the nation’s first master’s programs in acting at Cornell in the 1960s and whose students included Jimmy Smits and Christopher Reeve, has died.

Cornell welcomes its most diverse freshman class

Of the 3,219 students in the Class of 2019, a record number are students of color – 1,488, or 46.2 percent; and a record number of freshmen self-identify as underrepresented minority students – 756, or 23.5 percent.

Study: Berkeley soda tax falls flat

A Cornell-University of Iowa analysis of a soda tax passed last fall by voters in Berkeley, California, found the measure so far has fizzled.

Force is strong in student-designed 'Star Wars' ride

A virtual reality theme park ride and video game created by Cornell students places gamers on the "Star Wars" planet of Tatooine. The ride was the yearlong project of the Intel-Cornell Cup team.

Hardware demo day includes visit from Rep. Tom Reed

Brew beer better. Clean hotel rooms better. Monitor the health of your horse better. These were a few of the pitches at the Southern Tier Hardware Accelerator’s first Demo Day, Aug. 13.

Sept. 10 summit takes on severe-weather planning

A summit meeting to identify resources and opportunities to improve agricultural resiliency to severe weather across New York state will explore current initiatives and link researchers and extension members.

NSF grant launches Plant Science Research Network

With a $730,000 National Science Foundation grant, the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research will create the Plant Science Research Network to promote plant science research and collaboration.

Savransky savors role in major exoplanet discovery

Dmitry Savransky is passionate about his role in finding 51 Eridani b, an extrasolar planet – planets found outside of our own solar system – about 100 light-years away.

Nano-style sheets may aid health, shield ecosystem

'Nanomembrane' sheets embedded with tiny iron oxide particles can help clean toxic chemicals from water. Cornell researchers are evaluating the tech to reduce human health and environmental concerns.

Accounting professor Mark Nelson honored as a top teacher

Mark Nelson, the Eleanora and George Landew Professor of Accounting at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, won the Cook Prize for excellence graduate accounting teaching.