The fundraising campaign will build on its successes and support the strategic plan's priorities as the university approaches its sesquicentennial in 2015.
Duffield Hall, Cornell's landmark nanotechnology center and its first new research facility of the 21st century, will be dedicated on Oct. 6 in a ceremony in the building's atrium.
The new Cornell Center for Behavior Intervention Development in New York City aims to cut obesity and obesity-related deaths in the city's black and Latino New Yorkers.
Cornell computer scientists have proposed an innovative wireless design that could greatly reduce the cost and power consumption of massive cloud computing data centers, while improving performance. (Sept. 26, 2012)
Stephen Ashley '62, MBA '64, a university trustee and co-chair of Far Above ... The Campaign for Cornell, talks about the campaign. This is the final interview in a series with the campaign co-chairs. (Oct. 19, 2011)
Although Harvard Professor Stephen Walt is a supporter of President Obama, he said his foreign policies are 'doomed to fail.' Walt spoke on campus Sept. 16. (Sept. 20, 2010)
Renee Alexander '74, director of Diversity Alumni Programs, Alumni Affairs and Development, has been named associate dean of students/director of intercultural programs. (April 11, 2011)
The Cornell Fashion Collective presents its 27th annual spring fashion show at Barton Hall, 7-9:30 p.m. Students will model clothing created from scratch by members of the collective. (April 11, 2011)
Harvey Scott McMillin Jr., a renowned Cornell professor of English who died unexpectedly March 29, 2006, has posthumously won the George Jean Nathan award for his 2006 book, 'The Musical as Drama.' (Jan. 4, 2008)
Catherine M. Oertel, a doctoral candidate in chemistry and chemical biology at Cornell University, has been named a new Discovery Corps postdoctoral fellow by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study corrosion in Baroque-era pipe organs and to develop lesson plans about the physics, chemistry and materials science of musical sound for middle and high school students. Oertel is one of the first six fellows in the new Discovery Corps, an NSF pilot program that is exploring innovative ways for scientists to combine their research expertise with service to society. (July 19, 2004)