As antibiotics lose effectiveness against drug-resistant bacteria, researchers hope virulence factors could provide new targets for combating infectious disease. (April 30, 2008)
Anurag Agrawal, Chris Barrett and Sidney Leibovich use their expertise in the areas of the environment, economic development and energy to head initiatives and connect Cornell's research and scholarship related to sustainability. (May 2, 2008)
Cornell's new family leave policy offers more flexibility for adoption and for caring for an ill relative. Assistant Dean of Students Joe Scaffido used leave time to travel to China to adopt his daughter, Hannah.
Africana professor Riche Richardson will travel to Montgomery, Ala., to speak at the 100th birthday celebration of the late civil rights icon Rosa Parks Feb. 4.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded Cornell $800,000 to ensure that the Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers continues offering summer workshops for public school teachers. (May 25, 2010)
Stephen and Erica Anderson are two of a record number of staff members helped by the CARE Fund this past year. The fund, which helps faculty and staff in emergencies, needs replenishment.
VPSI Inc., the national leader in commuter vanpool companies, is working with TCAT,Cornell and others to offer a complement to traditional transit service to Tompkins County. (Sept. 15, 2009)
A day after appearing in Washington, D.C., to be announced as the next secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in July 2015, President David Skorton was back on campus discussing his priorities at Cornell.