Hotel Ezra Cornell presents students with hands-on learning all year long as they plan every aspect of this hospitality industry conference, from flowers and floor plans to guest speakers. (April 17, 2012)
As his 100th birthday approaches, M.H. Abrams, who taught English at Cornell from 1945 to 1983, is praised for his contributions to literary studies on campus and around the world.
Beginning next fall, undergraduates will have access to 20 bikes around campus that they can check out at one of four libraries - for free. (Nov. 17, 2009)
Each summer, the Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers instructs middle and high school biology teachers on new teaching methods and activities, and the teachers don't have to pay a dime. (July 27, 2009)
Peng Chen, Cornell’s Peter J.W. Debye Professor of Chemistry, has received a 2014 early career award in experimental physical chemistry from the Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital ranks first in New York City and sixth in the nation, according to the 2007 U.S.News & World Report "America's Best Hospitals" survey. It is the seventh consecutive year that NewYork-Presbyterian is the only New York metropolitan-area hospital on the magazine's "Honor Roll," which lists the top 18 hospitals nationally based on reputation, mortality rates and other patient-care-related factors.
Outside of Tompkins County's educated pocket, upstate New York is plagued by a lack of educated workers. In fact, upstate has one of the largest net losses of educated workers in the nation. (Nov. 5, 2007)
Cornell faculty members Christopher Batten and Robert Shepherd are recent recipients of Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Research Program grants.
A new Securities Law Clinic has opened at the Cornell Law School to provide free legal services to investors in central New York who have suffered losses due to fraud or other improper conduct. (Oct. 28, 2008)
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut and U.S. Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, delivered the Senior Convocation address May 23.