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DiSalvo reappointed head of sustainability center

Frank DiSalvo, the J.A. Newman Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, has been reappointed to a three-year term as director of the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future effective July 1. (Sept. 12, 2012)

Emr reappointed as Weill Institute director

Scott Emr has kept the institute focused on hypothesis-driven science that uses genetics, biochemistry, proteomics and bioinformatics to answer fundamental questions in cell biology. (Sept. 12, 2012)

U.S. News ranks engineering physics No. 1 in country; Cornell is No. 14 in QS World University rankings

U.S. News and World Report ranked Cornell first in the country among undergraduate engineering science/engineering physics programs. Cornell was also ranked No. 14 worldwide by QS. (Sept. 12, 2012)

Study: Children's health, access to care differ by parents' immigrant status

New study finds low-income children with illegal parents aren't as healthy as other low-income children, nor do they have the same access to health care. (Sept. 11, 2012)

Nearly 60 Cornell grads join Teach for America

Fifty-nine Cornell graduates will join Teach for America to help children in poverty across the country receive an excellent education. (Sept. 11, 2012)

Cornell organ on cutting edge of authentic baroque sound

Cornell's baroque organ is the first in the world to be equipped with wind systems that let it reproduce sounds exactly as Bach and other period composers intended. (Sept. 11, 2012)

Executive chairman of Google Inc. to give Hatfield lecture

As Cornell's 31st Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education, Schmidt will lecture on 'Our Connected Age.' The talk will be Sept. 20 at 5 p.m. in Statler Auditorium. The lecture is free; space is limited. (Sept. 11, 2012)

Corson remembered as courageous 'true intellectual'

Corson, Cornell's eighth president, was remembered as wise, calm and a 'true intellectual' at the Sept. 8 service in Sage Chapel. (Sept. 11, 2012)

Homecoming promises to be a weekend for everyone

Many events scheduled for Homecoming Weekend, Sept. 21-23, including fireworks in Schoellkopf Field Friday evening, will be of interest to students, faculty, staff and members of the local community. (Sept. 10, 2012)

Physics, romance collide in Schwartz Center play

Physics, agoraphobia and romance will entwine for an unusual production at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts next week: 'Emergence,' running Sept. 20-22. (Sept. 10, 2012)

Project provides bird migration forecasts to inform conservation, climate change

Ornithologist Andrew Farnsworth in New York City told members of the media Sept. 6 about a project that develops bird migration forecasts. (Sept. 10, 2012)

$20 million boosts competitive edge for aid initiative

Arthur Wolcott '49, founder and chairman of Seneca Foods Corp., his wife, Audrey, and the Seneca Foods Foundation have made a $20 million commitment in support of Cornell's Award Match Initiative. (Sept. 10, 2012)