Laura Spitz has been appointed vice provost for international affairs effective Dec. 1, Provost Michael Kotlikoff has announced. She has been serving as interim vice provost since July of this year.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded Cornell a $4.8 million, three-year grant to fight hunger and improve food security using agricultural science and technology.
A memorandum of understanding between Cornell and the Keystone Foundation was signed Sept. 23 that establishes the Nilgiris Field Learning Center in Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu, India.
Weill Cornell Medicine has entered into an agreement with Top Spring Huaxia Medical Investment to help it develop a modern outpatient diagnostic clinic in Shenzhen, China.
Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute are studying the bacterium speck, which causes withered flowers and dark spots on leaves and fruits, and can result in the loss of whole fields of crops.
Architect Martin Miller discusses computational design techniques from artificial intelligence to robotic fabrication, and the fast pace of working on projects in China, collaboration and creativity, and his advice to students.
Five Johnson School alumni have committed to give the school $27 million and a new Innovation Challenge seeks to raise another $23 million by June 20, 2015.
Cornell President David Skorton today released the report of the Climate Action Plan Acceleration Working Group, which recommends actions the campus should take to become carbon neutral by 2035.
The Cornell Student Experience Initiative aims to connect students with thousands of opportunities beyond the classroom. A new website will help them easily find programs for international study, research, fellowships, community-engaged classes and more.
According to the Global Information Technology Report 2016, co-authored by Dean Soumitra Dutta, seven countries are excelling at reaping economic benefits from investments in information and communications technologies.