Grant applications for two programs, Global Cornell’s faculty-led Internationalizing the Cornell Curriculum Grants and Engaged Cornell's engaged curriculum grants, are due in early February.
In a message to the community, President David Skorton urged reaching "out to one another with sympathy and concern," following the recent accidental deaths of a student and staff member.
The framework establishes roles of units involved with technology development and commercialization, development of strategic alliances, advancement of student entrepreneurship and promotion of regional economic development.
Henry “Hank” Bartels ’48, a presidential councillor and generous supporter of the university, died Jan. 16 at age 92. He supported many Cornell programs, including the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, and the Cornell University Library.
Cornell engineers have found that firing up diesel backup generators in non-emergency situations triggers rising atmospheric ozone concentrations due to additional nitrogen oxide emissions.
College of Arts and Sciences holds series of alumni events during winter break in New York City and Washington, D.C. to give current students a glimpse of what the future may hold for them upon graduation.
In a Cornell study of rats, researchers engineered a common gut bacteria, which when taken orally, helped control diabetes with the body’s own insulin. The study was published Jan. 27 in the journal Diabetes.
New York Times Supreme Court correspondent Adam Liptak discussed recent and past applications of the First Amendment to court decisions on campus Jan. 22. Liptak addressed what he sees as the dangers of applying the First Amendment liberally.
"Lincoln’s Unfinished Work," Cornell University Library's newest exhibition, marks the 150th anniversary of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and features a copy of the amendment signed by Abraham Lincoln.
In his new collection of short fiction, "See You in Paradise," J. Robert Lennon relates stories of American life with surreal humor and dystopian fantasy. Lennon is an associate professor of English at Cornell.
Vice President Mary Opperman issued a message of condolence on the death of Angela Stedwell, a staff member in the College of Human Ecology, Jan. 26. Stedwell was struck by a TCAT bus Monday morning.
