A panel of doctoral students reminisced about their experiences as the first class of commercialization fellows April 28 at Entrepreneurship at Cornell's Celebration conference.
The university beginning online classes for the remainder of the semester continues a long history of remote instruction. Liberty Hyde Bailey and Martha Van Rensselaer designed Cornell’s first correspondence courses in 1896 and 1900, respectively.
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to the School of Hotel Administration in support of diversity and inclusion initiatives, and student financial aid.
Twelve high school students from as far away as Romania and Honduras took part in the Life Changing Summer program this year, supported by Entrepreneurship at Cornell and run by Life Changing Labs.
Gov. Cuomo's Upstate Revitalization Initiative awarded $500 million to the Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council. President Garrett said it will 'help the Southern Tier become a global leader in new agricultural technology.'
The 11 finalists for this year's Big Idea Competition are honing three-minute pitches in preparation for the April 28 event, part of Entrepreneurship at Cornell's two-day Celebration conference.
ILR School Professor Francine D. Blau '66 will accept the school's 2017 Judge William B. Groat Award April 20 for achievement and service to the school in New York City.
Union Days 2015 - themed "Labor on the Line: Breaking Boundaries, Building Movements" and held April 7-8 - featured a talk by Tefere Gebre, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO.
A pilot project in Mexico is bringing together Cornell researchers and Maya leaders to manage community forests for biodiversity conservation now and livelihoods, including bee-keeping and ecotourism, into the future.