Ilana Brito, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has been named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. Brito will receive a four-year, $300,000 grant to further her study of the human microbiome.
The age of digital photography has brought a new approach, called “computational lighting design.” Still not easy, but new software from Cornell will give amateurs a head start and save time for pros by combining Photoshop layers to create ideal lighting.
Cornell faculty and staff who are certified by the American Red Cross or similar organizations as disaster volunteers or emergency disaster responders can now take five days paid leave. (Jan. 26, 2012)
Cornell's incoming Class of 2015 and new transfer students will discuss E.L. Doctorow's novel 'Homer and Langley,' the 2011 New Student Reading Project selection, in events on campus Aug. 21-22. (Aug. 18, 2011)
This year, more than 50 incoming freshman and transfer students are spending Aug. 18-23 volunteering with the Cornell Public Service Center’s Pre-Orientation Service Trips (POST).
Without discussions, Latinos are less likely than whites to sign a DNR, a form of advance-care planning that helps ensure better quality of life for patients who are dying.
For the fifth year, Cornell employees received an announcement this July outlining the funds in which they can invest through Cornell's retirement plans, those funds' performance and fees, and other related information.
The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $300,000 to help Cornell transform how it prepares new teachers to educate the next generation of scientists - and citizens. (Aug. 28, 2012)
Dressed in '60's garb, Dean Ritter declared herself the "peace, love and harmony dean,” at the annual Arts and Sciences picnic May 31, speaking to about 400.
The Institute for the Social Sciences has made small grants to advance interdisciplinary faculty research at the boundaries of social sciences, humanities and life sciences.