Several Cornell organizations gathered at a resource fair in downtown Ithaca Oct. 30 to share information with the Ithaca and Tompkins County communities about ways the university contributes to them.
Eleven high school students spent three weeks on campus creating new businesses with entrepreneurial Cornell student mentors this summer as part of the “Life Changing Summer” program.
Cornell Board of Trustees Chairman Robert S. Harrison ’76 and Executive Committee Chairman Jan Rock Zubrow ’77 discuss university priorities and challenges, leadership, student and alumni engagement, and the board's unique makeup.
Tanzania recently became a partner of the Cornell-affiliated Next Generation Cassava Breeding project, joining Nigeria and Uganda in the effort to improve cassava breeding in Africa.
Crop breeders in developing countries can access free tools to accelerate breeding crop varieties due to a collaboration among GOBII project at Cornell, the Boyce Thompson Institute and others.
The Martin Y. Tang Welcome Center, opening June 1 in the renovated Noyes Lodge, will be the first stop at Cornell for prospective students, parents and thousands of other visitors each year.
A branch of the Cornell Store has opened at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, offering Cornell-themed apparel and gift items, academic supplies and services to assist faculty and staff with sourcing computer hardware and accessories.
Making a stride toward reducing carbon emission, Cornell has agreed to purchase all electricity generated by the proposed Black Oak Wind Farm in Enfield, New York, a project which is pending municipal approvals.
The theme of the 2014 IT@Cornell Community Conference, June 18, which features a panel of faculty members and administrators, is how technology can aid in "innovation, collaboration and administrative practices."