The Cornell United Way Campaign not only exceeded its goal of $660,000, but surpassed the $700,000 mark in pledges. The 2006 campaign officially closes March 31. (March 7, 2007)
Cornell alumnus Dan Maas '01, whose realistic Mars rover mission animations have been shown on television news programs the world over, received an Emmy Award nomination for his animation featured in the PBS Nova documentary 'Mars Dead or Alive.'
Lara Estroff, Daniel Cosley and Maxim Perelstein have received 2009 Early Career Development Awards from the National Science Foundation. (March 16, 2009)
Three Cornell researchers have won Guggenheim Fellowship Awards for 1996. They are among 158 artists, scholars and scientists from among 2,791 applicants to be chosen for the honor.
Cornell's newest Marshall Scholar is Michael Barany, a College Scholar and senior mathematics major in the College of Arts and Sciences. (Nov. 21, 2007)
Dr. Oliver Sacks, neurologist and author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, will hold two lectures among other events during his first campus visit to Cornell.
The committee for the 2001 Robert S. Smith Award for community progress and innovation is calling for proposals from local community organizations and agencies. Proposals are due by April 13, 2001.
No one really knows what will happen when a probe from NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft collides with the comet Tempel 1 in the early morning hours of July 4. But if anyone can picture the spacecraft's journey from its Cape Canaveral launch in January to its possibly brilliant demise, it is Cornell alumnus Dan Maas '01.
In response to a white paper written by President David Skorton, a universitywide faculty committee has been formed, charged with articulating the future of international studies and engagement at Cornell.