Mahinder Kingra has been named editor-in-chief at Cornell University Press following a decade as director of marketing. He will manage acquisitions editors and acquire books in humanities disciplines.
Events on campus include South Asian dance at Pao Bhangra, a memorial concert for Steven Stucky, writer Denis Johnson, student art exhibitions and the annual Earth Day Springfest.
Elaine Runting Shi, associate professor of computer science, has won a 2015 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering, which includes $875,000 over five years for research.
A series of storms sweeping across the U.S. this week has brought heavy snow and ice, flooding rain and strong winds, putting states across the U.S. under storm alerts.
Jessica Spaccio, a climatologist with the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, says that while the storm system is impacting western and central U.S., the Northeast can expect mild weather, warmer temperatures and rain.
ApoE4, a protein linked to both Alzheimer’s disease, increases the risk of cognitive impairment by reducing the number and responsiveness of blood vessels.
Campus is ready for some 3,830 first-year and transfer students will come to campus for Orientation 2014, Aug. 22-25, when dozens of events are scheduled to introduce them to university life.
During 2015-16 and 2016-17, Cornell will build upon ongoing diversity initiatives by focusing efforts on "the lived experience of diversity," with an emphasis on engagement.
A pair of unique surgical procedures performed on animals promises to revolutionize the ways surgeons repair cartilage and meniscus tears in human knees and other joints.
