Attachment is the theme of assistant professor Vivian Zayas' '94 life, as she's personally attached to Ultimate (Frisbee) and professionally to the study of attachment. (Oct. 12, 2010)
President David Skorton and Joseph Fins of Weill Cornell Medical College have been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
CUPetHealth, developed by students, can help pet owners track how much they feed their cats or dogs as well as their pet's vaccinations and medications.
On Oct. 7, the freshman class of plant science majors set out to make their mark on campus. Their task: plant a garden outside of Fernow Hall to celebrate 100 years of Cornell Cooperative Extension. (Oct. 11, 2010)
Three Cornell graduate students are among 27 awardees of the 2010-11 Intel Ph.D. Fellowship Program, which has contributed more than $1 million to support top doctoral candidates across the nation. (Oct. 11, 2010)
Ratan Tata '59, B.Arch. '62, and William Rosenzweig '81 are among seven recipients of the 2010 Oslo Business for Peace Awards, meant to inspire business people toward responsible commercial ethics. (Oct. 11, 2010)
The Society for the Humanities will host a conference Oct. 15-16 with scholars in art, music, media, aesthetics and critical theory presenting on global aesthetics, the society's 2010-11 focal theme. (Oct. 11, 2010)
Cassandra (Cassie) Dembosky has been appointed to the position of university registrar. She had been serving as the interim university registrar for the past year and a half. (Oct. 8, 2010)
Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Kraft Foods, ranks at No. 2, between Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey, and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is on the list at No. 31.
Nima Arkani-Hamed of Princeton University, in delivering one of his Messenger lectures Oct. 5, said that physics today 'leaves every question about the everyday world completely answered.' (Oct. 8, 2010)
The Employee Assembly is partnering with the Cornell United Way Campaign to help generate campus enthusiasm about how the United Way directly helps individuals and families in the local area. (Oct. 8, 2010)
