The System of Rice Intensification, a method of growing rice that enhances crop yields and is resilient to climate change, won the international Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security.
Patrick W. Concannon, Ph.D. ’71, a visiting fellow and emeritus faculty member in Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine, died Feb. 23 in St. Petersburg, Florida, at age 73.
ILR School student J. Lowell Jackson ’17 will study Bahasa Indonesian for three months this summer through the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship Program.
At a retreat focusing on crime and punishment Feb. 13-15, students in the Posse program along with their mentors discussed the U.S. prison and justice systems and ways to improve them.
Greg Morrisett, the Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, has been named dean of Computing and Information Science. A former member of the Cornell faculty, he will assume his new post July 1.
Events on campus this week include two experimental works-in-progress at the Schwartz Center, some rock climbing, Asia Night, String Day and the International Women's Day Banquet.
Cornell Cinema celebrates its 45th anniversary this year, with 'A Black & White Ball' as this year's Elegant Winter Party benefit event, March 21 in the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room.
The aim of Giving Day, March 25, is to rally as many people as possible to create the single biggest day of giving in Cornell history – and, in turn, create an unprecedented wave of support that will benefit programs across the university.
Hotel Ezra Cornell (HEC), the annual weekend-long educational conference will be held on campus March 19-22. For the 90th edition of the conference is "... and the rest is history!"