Chris Fromme '99, an associate professor in the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, has received a Guggenheim fellowship.
The award-winning poetry of Ishion Hutchinson, set to music by graduate student composers, will be featured in a Saturday, March 18 concert in Barnes Hall.
Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has a wide range of researchers working on water issues to make sure New York state continues to have plenty of clean water to offer. (June 10, 2009)
Speaking to an audience of more than 300, City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick '09 presented the opening Soup and Hope talk Jan. 15, addressing the need to overcome fear by seeking and finding perspective.
Christopher Pottle, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering and a founder of the Department of Computer Science, died Feb. 15 at his home in Oxford, Maine. (Feb. 22, 2011)
Cornell celebrated Dragon Day, a project by first-year architecture students preceding the exodus from the Hill for spring break, with a minimalist silver-and-green dragon in a parade across campus.
After no health plan rate increases in 2010, the endowed health plan premium will increase 6 percent in 2011, below the national average for increases. Enrollment period begins Nov. 1. (Oct. 20, 2010)
Anne LaBastille, ’55, Ph.D. ’69 inspired generations of women to enter the natural sciences with her Thoreau-inspired “Woodswoman” series of books. Now her estate will support doctoral-level women studying conservation or natural resources.
Plant pathologist Marc Fuchs is helping New York state officials fight the plum pox virus by testing all the samples collected in the state. He expects to test more than 100,000 samples this year. (July 21, 2008)