For the 10th consecutive year, incoming Cornell freshmen and transfer students will perform community service in Ithaca through the Cornell Public Service Center's Pre-Orientation Service Trips (POST) program, Aug. 14-19.
Isabel V. Hull, the John Stambaugh Professor of History, has won the inaugural International Research Support Prize of the Max Weber Stiftung and the Historisches Kolleg.
People with psychological distress are nearly 25 percent less likely to have a retirement savings account, according to financial economist Vicki Bogan. That means up to $42,000 less in savings for married couples.
Graduating members of Cornell's Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps celebrated their commissioning May 23. (May 23, 2009)
Events on campus this week include live music, library exhibitions, Welcome Weekend events, lectures on globalization and scientific research trends, and an outdoor screening of 'Modern Times.' (Aug. 23, 2012)
To highlight the growing importance of the study of genome variation and Cornell's expertise in the field, the university has launched the Cornell Center for Comparative and Population Genomics. (Oct. 29, 2008)
Smart Clothing, Smart Girls: Engineering via Apparel Design, a weeklong course, taught 24 middle school girls on campus many principles of science to attract them to STEM fields.
Chen, who comes from the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University, started in January as director of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. (Jan. 12, 2009)