More than six (Earth) years after it parachuted onto Mars' Gusev crater, the long-lived rover Spirit is transitioning to a new role as a stationary craft.
As of March 29, Cornell Dining began serving of local, natural beef - about 1,000 pounds of ground beef, 128 pounds of rib section, 108 pounds of short loin and 120 pounds of sirloin each week. (April 2, 2010)
Poetry and Song, a new course being taught by professor of English Roger Gilbert this fall, will explore literature through verse and music, echoing a popular 1950s course in folk literature. (July 27, 2010)
Thanks to a grant from the Center for Life Science Enterprise, 18 students served as summer interns through Entrepreneurship@Cornell, working at startup companies throughout New York state.
At an April 23 ceremony, Steven Shirley was promoted and Lisa Van Horn, Scott Salino, Justin Haines, Jodi Bizari, Patrick Kimmich and David Amaro were sworn in as patrol officers. (May 8, 2008)
Nemo, a Hampshire pig, is believed to be the first pig to be treated for lymphoma and to undergo chemotherapy. He's been living at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals.
More than 200 books published by the Negro Universities Press, reprinting rare historical materials on the black experience, have been donated to the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library.
Julie Schumacher, MFA ’86, award-winning author of “Dear Committee Members,” talks about creative writing programs, academia as source material and her Cornell mentors in advance of her reading on campus March 15.
President-elect Elizabeth Garrett released a statement June 25 expressing sympathy for the victims of the Charleston church shooting and calling on Cornellians to combat racism and bigotry.
The researchers will develop mathematical representations of strategic interactions between building owners and insurance companies in the aftermath of a natural disaster.