Rawlings, president of the AAU since 2011, served as Cornell’s 10th president from 1995 to 2003. An international search for the university's 14th president will begin in the coming months.
A recent study by two Cornell associate professors finds that the greatest decreases in pollution levels over the last three decades have been enjoyed by high-income areas.
Extensive testing of malarial DNA found in birds, bats and other small mammals from five East African countries revealed that malaria has its roots in bird hosts.
Undergraduate students in the new College of Business will see more extensive career services, easier access to a wider range of classes and the addition of new faculty.
Dr. Janet Corson-Rikert, who has led Gannett Health Services for more than 20 years, will retire from Cornell in May, leaving a legacy of advocacy and care that addresses the well-being of the whole person.
Robert Morgan, the Kappa Alpha Professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, has a just-published novel, "Chasing the North Star", on the heels of a recent poetry collection, "Dark Energy."
A $260,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will help Cornell University Library digitize and make available the seminal hip-hop collection of Afrika Bambaataa.
Kip Thorne, founder of Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory, will give a talk on black holes and gravitational waves April 6, at 5 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
Kathleen Rasmussen, Cornell's Nancy Schlegel Meinig Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition, won the Macy-György Award at the 18th ISRHML Conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa, March 3-7.
To encourage prospective students and ease the transition for new graduate students, the Graduate School offers a number of recruitment programs that provide a roadmap for success.