The foundation led by Chuck Feeney '56 made the $350 million gift, the largest in the university's history. It originally was announced Dec. 16 as from an anonymous donor. (Dec. 20, 2011)
Cornell Students for Hunger Relief have just completed compiling more than 100 recipes from faculty and staff across about 40 departments on campus into a cookbook, Big Red Recipes. The book is on sale at the Cornell Store and Manndible for $15.
The NSF has awarded a $1.1 million grant to the Cornell-affiliated Boyce Thompson Institute to unlock the scientific complexities between nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria and its alliance with plants.
The traditional career path for new Ph.D. graduates is in academia, but about half of all new Ph.D.s will find jobs in business, government and the nonprofit sector, said President Skorton May 26.
The willingness to make lifestyle changes to avert climate change may depend on the moral values closely aligned with liberal political leanings, according to Cornell research.
Jocelyn Rose, a professor of plant biology and director of Cornell's Institute of Biotechnology, is examining the hydrophobic cellular surface layer known as the cuticle in fleshy fruits.
Most parking fees remain stable for 2012-13; RideShare offers greater incentives and flexibility; staff working in East Hill areas will begin to pay for permits.
After undergraduates conveyed their enthusiasm for formal study in this area, the university announced in late October a new marine biology concentration for biology majors. (Nov. 16, 2011)
The $150 million gift given by Fisk Johnson and his company to endow the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business marks the latest chapter in a relationship between the Johnson family and Cornell University that extends more than 120 years.