As the NYS Seed Testing Lab at the NYS Ag Experiment Station celebrates its centennial, Joyce Wicksall has a unique view - She's worked there for more than half of its 100-year history.
Mark Barlow, E.D.D. '62, who was vice president for student affairs at Cornell during the 1969 takeover of the student union, died of cancer June 23 at the age of 87 in Hanover, N.H. (July 2, 2012)
Melvin (Mel) Goldstein, a member of Cornell's chemistry community for many years, died at age 78 May 13 in Beer Sheva, Israel, after a protracted illness.
Stewards will walk the trails and advise visitors about trails, natural history, safety rules and swimming alternatives. To help visitors enjoy the gorges safely, the university will deploy a team of gorge stewards, starting July 2.
Rachel Bean, associate professor of astronomy, is a co-recipient of the 2012 Gruber Cosmology Prize for her work on the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) team.
The Morrill Land Grant Act specified more than just agriculture as a discipline to be taught and recognized that other branches of science could be embraced to promote a 'practical education.'
Cornell's Scott Peters, associate professor of education, researches the public mission of American higher education and helped celebrate the sesquicentennial of the Morrill Land Grant Act in June. (June 28, 2012)
