Patricia Watson '83, senior associate vice president of alumni affairs and development, has been named senior vice president for university advancement at Brown University. She will begin the position Dec. 1. (Oct. 3, 2012)
Interim Provost David Harris examines the complex factors contributing to poverty in his new book, 'The Colors of Poverty: Why Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist.' (Sept. 18, 2008)
Chiara Formichi, assistant professor of Asian studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, says the stereotypes media reinforce about Islam do us a disservice.
Biology major James Eaglesham '15 is heading to Cambridge University as the Cornell’s newest Churchill scholar. He is one of 14 students nationwide to receive this honor and Cornell’s 21st Churchill scholar since 1975.
The Theory Reading Group is hosting a conference at Cornell, "Listening to Trauma," April 27-28, on Cathy Caruth's influential book, "Unclaimed Experience: Trauma, Narrative, and History."
A lot of Cornell University students hit the beach this summer for fun and sport. John Koltz also spent his summer on the shore -- promoting a lakeside ecosystem. Koltz is wrapping up his job as a Lake Ontario dune steward, one…
NEW YORK -- The symbiosis between Cornell's Ithaca and New York City campuses is never more apparent than in June. As quiet settles over the Ithaca campus and driving on East Avenue no longer is a white-knuckle affair, the "CU-NYC campus" is bursting at the seams with Cornell students participating in internships and cooperatives.
Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have designed a new class of drugs that targets a master regulatory protein responsible for causing the most common type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (April 16, 2010)
David C. Knapp, a former Cornell provost and dean who guided the College of Human Ecology through an extensive reorganization, died of complications from diabetes April 13 in Massachusetts. He was 82. (April 16, 2010)
Malaria and tuberculosis continue to have devastating impacts in much of the world, particularly in the former Soviet Union and sub-Saharan Africa. A recent gift of $7.25 million from Howard Milstein '73 and Abby Milstein will…