Poul B. Petersen, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has received a National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award. (Aug. 9, 2012)
The initiative, a project of the Cornell Institute for European Studies, will provide a multidisciplinary platform for the study of the Ottoman Empire. Inaugural events begin March 14.
Eduardo Peñalver begins his term as the Allan R. Tessler Dean of Cornell Law School – the school's 16th dean and the first Latino dean of an Ivy League law school.
An-Chi “Angela” Dai ’15 and Kelly McClure ’16 have been selected to join the third class of Schwarzman Scholars, a program that sends young leaders to Beijing for a year of master’s degree study.
The Starr Foundation, chaired by Maurice R. Greenberg, has committed $6 million to the College of Veterinary Medicine. The gift will create two endowed professorships in clinical research.
Research must keep up with rapidly changing technology to find beneficial applications, said Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam '76 in the 32nd annual Hatfield lecture.
The NYS Integrated Pest Management program has been cut from the proposed New York budget. Yet it saves farmers millions of dollars and keeps New Yorkers safer and healthier, says a Cornell expert.
Mason Peck, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, who served as NASA’s chief technologist from January 2012 to December 2013, has received the agency’s Distinguished Public Service Medal.
New York Gov. David Paterson announced Oct. 10 that he has signed a bill into law creating the New York State Center for Rural Schools to be operated by Cornell to improve rural schools and their communities. (Oct. 15, 2008)