The Cornell contingent of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission saluted the rover Spirit with a gathering at the Space Sciences Building -- two days before the official anniversary (7:37 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20) of her first Martian year on the red planet. (November 23, 2005)
In her first visit to Cornell as New York's junior U.S. senator, Kirsten Gillibrand pledged to advocate for the university's agriculture and veterinary programs as a way of revitalizing New York state's economy. (April 8, 2009)
Research related to the effects of climate change should be a high priority for applied federal research funds at Cornell, said participants at a daylong conference May 9.
Interim Provost David Harris, a scholar on race, ethnicity and public policy, is one of four Cornell social scientists leading a series of interactive seminars on inequality and socio-economic mobility. (Aug. 29, 2008)
Cornell President David Skorton welcomed new students and their families to the 'worldwide Cornell family' in a convocation ceremony Aug. 23 in Shoellkopf Stadium. (Aug. 25, 2008)
Melissa Hines, professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has been named director of the Cornell Center for Materials Research, after the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced renewed funding for the center for the next six years.
Alice Pell, international professor of animal science, was named director of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development, effective July 1.
Student Calvin Geoffrey Selth writes a response to criticism and vandalism of the fifth-anniversary celebration of the 'Open Hearts, Open Doors, Open Minds' initiative and the commemorative arches on campus.