President David Skorton got off on the right foot at the 161st New York State Fair in Syracuse Aug. 23 by taking Cornell Cooperative Extension's "Choose Health" walking challenge, a 4-H initiative. (Aug. 24, 2007)
Discovered in Cornell’s Arnot Forest in March, evidence of the invasive emerald ash borer has been found in downtown Ithaca. Within the next several years, it will change the landscape of campus.
The production of 'Precious Little' at the Schwartz Center, directed by Myles Kenyon Rowland '11, is a new version of the play by Madeleine George '96, who helped adapt it for the Cornell stage. (Feb. 21, 2011)
Hip-hop's founders toured Cornell's rare book archive in Kroch Library during their visit to campus April 14, seeing some highlights assembled by rare book curators Katherine Reagan and Laurent Ferri. (April 20, 2011)
Taking part in a panel discussion held Nov. 5, Joel Silbey, Elizabeth Sanders, Richard Booth and Ted Lowi agreed on the day after the election that Barack Obama's reform agenda faces daunting challenges. (Nov. 6, 2008)
New research is expanding what we know about the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of infertility in men. A team from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City demonstrated the effectiveness of microsurgical sperm extraction and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).
Christopher Ober, professor of materials science and engineering, will begin serving as interim dean of the College of Engineering when current dean Kent Fuchs becomes Cornell provost Jan. 1. (Nov. 13, 2008)
A Cornell medical school study finds that when doctors use electronic systems to write prescriptions, they make seven times fewer errors than when they scrawl by hand. (March 30, 2010)
Vice President Susan Murphy offered condolences to the Cornell community on the death of Ilan Rasooly, a 20-year-old senior in the School of Hotel Administration.
NEW YORK -- On March 30, Martin F. Scheinman, B.S. '75, M.S. '76, a prominent arbitrator and mediator of workplace disputes and a longtime supporter of Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, received the Judge…