President David Skorton issued a statement expressing his condolences to everyone impacted by the April 2 shooting at Garissa University College in Kenya.
At its December meeting, the Council of Graduate Schools named Vice Provost and Graduate School Dean Barbara Knuth chair-elect. She will serve a one-year term as board chair in 2015.
Cornell deepened its century-long commitment to western New York's wine, grape and juice industries when it opened its new $5.4 million Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory, Aug. 25.
Americans typically have slightly more than two confidantes, down from three 25 years ago, but the size of this social network has stabilized since 2004, finds a new Cornell study. (Nov. 1, 2011)
Research into new applications for graphene, as well as supporting women who work in the field of nanoelectronics, will result from a new National Science Foundation grant to Cornell. (Nov. 1, 2011)
Cornell-developed techniques to limit bacteria in maple tree taps are leading to increased sap quantity and quality for New York's $12.3 million maple industry. (Jan. 31, 2012)