On Oct. 6 President Elizabeth Garrett visited the university's New York Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, where she lauded its work and contributions to New York state's economy.
Cornell Students for Hunger Relief are conducting their annual Thanksgiving Turkey Donation Drive. Now through Nov. 13 you can donate turkeys or money online or at locations across campus.
Events this week include classic and contemporary Indian films, a New York state food summit, fiction and poetry read by creative writing alumni, and historian Richard Polenberg's musical book launch.
A new study by Corinna Lockenhoff, from Weill Cornell Medicine, is the first to quantitatively compare attitudes about aging across modern and traditional societies.
Cornell University’s long-term investments earned a 3.4 percent rate of return in fiscal year 2015, and despite challenging market conditions, the endowment reached a record high value of $6.3 billion.
Graduate students serving on the General Committee of the Graduate School now have full voting privileges on legislation and policy, the Graduate School has announced.
An expansion of Cornell Cooperative Extension's Harvest NY agriculture program allows the program to extend its economic development activities to support farmers in northern New York state.
Theoretical particle physicist Hitoshi Murayama will present the 2015 Hans Bethe lecture, “The Quantum Universe,” Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
The Cornell United Way Campaign kicked off Oct. 2, with a goal of raising $750,000. The funds will go directly to meet needs in the local community. For the first time, pledges can be made online; pledge cards also will be mailed out.
A new lightweight and stretchable material with the consistency of memory foam has potential for use in prosthetic body parts, artificial organs and soft robotics.