The Task Force on Cornell’s Global Presence and Partnerships will soon begin work to establish international partnerships. It will consider the feasibility of establishing permanent physical bureaus around the world.
The Sept. 22 grand opening of Rev: Ithaca Startup Works drew more than 100 local government leaders, business partners and higher education officials to celebrate the collaborative venture’s newly finished space, and to welcome its first four members.
Make our small, pale blue planet a greener place: Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future announces the 2014 cycle for its Academic Venture Fund.
In a presentation marking the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act Oct. 28, Angela Winfield, J.D. ’08, who is blind, recalled the ways the law has had a positive impact on her life.
On Aug. 27, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed all claims brought against Cornell University by former ILR senior extension associate Francine Moccio. (Aug. 30, 2012)
A symposium celebrating the mathematical legacy of the late Bill Thurston, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Mathematics and winner of the Fields Medal, will take place June 23-27.
Researchers at the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability released the Disability Statistics Status Report Jan. 30, revealing 41 million noninstitutionalized people are living with disabilities.
Alain Seznec, emeritus professor of Romance studies, former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and former University Librarian, died at home in Ithaca Feb. 21. He was 86.
The new book by anthropologist Marina Welker is an ethnographic study of the Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. and its Batu Hijau Copper and Gold Mine in Sumbawa, Indonesia.
A draft report on admissions and financial aid policy options is moving forward with upcoming presentations planned to gather input from academic leaders and undergraduate students.