Six faculty members and seven postdoctoral associates and graduate students at Cornell's Nanobiotechnology Center will present research advances in such areas as ultrasensitive sensors and diagnostic devices. (May 18, 2009)
Cornell President David Skorton has been tapped by New York Gov. David Paterson to lead the Task Force on Diversifying the New York State Economy Through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships. (May 14, 2009)
A diversity initiative is not just training, does not happen in a moment and does not come prepackaged, said a diversity expert May 7 at a communitywide roundtable sponsored by the Diversity Consortium. (May 14, 2009)
Roald Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel laureate in chemistry and the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor Emeritus of Humane Letters at Cornell, has received the 2009 Public Service Award from the National Science Board. (May 14, 2009)
To encourage young alumni to give back to their alma mater, Cornell trustee Martin Tang '70 has established the M.A.R.T.I.N. Challenge, in which new gifts to the Annual Fund will be matched by one from Tang. (May 14, 2009)
The Cornell alumna is battling acute myelogenous leukemia. With no genetic match currently available to her, her family and friends are using social networking and a vast web of contacts to change that. (May 14, 2009)
For his distinguished career in international business, Francisco 'Frank' Pedraza '55, MBA '57, received the 2009 Clifton R. Wharton Emerging Markets Award April 24. (May 14, 2009)
'Golfing With Your Eyes Closed' is a new book co-authored by Tiffany Wilding-White '00 that offers step-by-step instructions on creating mental imagery routines to improve golf performance. (May 14, 2009)
Paul Chirik, the Peter J.W. Debye Professor of Chemistry, has received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Humboldt Foundation in Bonn, Germany. (May 14, 2009)
S. Martin (Marty) Rauker has been named Cornell's interim assistant vice president for student and academic services. He follows LeNorman Strong, who left for the University of California-Berkeley. (May 14, 2009)
