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Milstein students get a glimpse of artist Xu Bing’s character

Students in the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity were treated to a special Q&A session Sept. 26 with Chinese artist and A.D. White Professor-at-Large Xu Bing.

Marker may help target treatments for Crohn’s patients

For the first time, researchers have identified a marker that distinguishes between different subtypes of Crohn's disease.

Procurement receives national award for fifth year

For the fifth year in a row, Cornell’s Procurement and Payment Services has been awarded the Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award from the National Procurement Institute.

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Cornell sees 10.6 percent return on FY18 investments

Cornell University’s endowment returned 10.6 percent for the year ending June 30, bringing its total investments to $7.2 billion.

Acclimate or die: Book examines disease in the British Empire

Historian Suman Seth's new book looks at how disease and race were conceived of in the 18th century British empire.

Active learning grants energize CALS classrooms

CALS is supporting faculty with grant funding that promotes active learning in their classrooms.

Diplomat Fried to present LaFeber-Silbey Lecture Oct. 18

Ambassador Daniel Fried ’75 will share his perspectives gained during his 40-year career in the foreign service as this year’s LaFeber-Silbey lecturer.

Theater scholar examines critical reception of religion on Broadway

A scholar will analyze how the American theater represents religion in a University Lecture Oct. 17.

Grad students recognized at dean’s scholars pinning ceremony

The Graduate School welcomed more than 30 new and continuing Dean’s Scholars at a ceremony Sept. 26.

Speed Conference at Cornell Tech examines the pace of a digital world

The Sept. 28-29 Speed Conference, part of Cornell Tech’s new Digital Life Initiative, drew faculty from New York City and Ithaca to explore how humans can keep up with computers’ speed.

Kevin Hallock named dean of SC Johnson College of Business

Economist and compensation and labor market scholar Kevin F. Hallock, the Kenneth F. Kahn ’69 Dean in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, has been named dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.

Arthur Ashkin, Ph.D. ’52, shares Nobel Prize in physics

Arthur Ashkin, Ph.D. '52, whose invention of optical tweezers revolutionized the way scientists can study and manipulate biological systems, has won a share of this year's Nobel Prize in physics.