Collaborating across disparate disciplines to tackle the grand challenges facing humanity is intrinsic to Cornell’s unique brand of research innovation.
Susan Henry, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Dec. 12. Many of the Indian visitors were affiliated with the new Knowledge Initiative in Agriculture, an agreement between India and the United States. (December 13, 2005)
Annie Leonard, environmental activist and creator of the 2007 viral hit video 'The Story of Stuff,' has completed her Cornell master’s degree following a 25-year hiatus.
The news was met with cheers from supporters on two continents. After months of negotiations, Cornell and Technion's proposal was announced the winner of a bid to build a groundbreaking campus in New York City.
Throughout Cornell's history, the campus exists as a fluid representation of history, culture, science, the arts and tradition, which give way to modern mores and contemporary values.
Organized by Modesto Quiroga, Cornell’s Cosmopolitan Club first met Nov. 10, 1904, in Barnes Hall, with 60 students attending. For the next five decades, the Cosmopolitan Club fostered international awareness and elevated peaceful thoughts.
President Elizabeth Garrett sat down with Cornell Chronicle editors last month to share her thoughts on her inauguration and priorities for the coming year. Garrett will be installed as the university's 13th president Friday, Sept. 18.
Kent Kleinman, a professor and department chair at Parsons The New School for Design, has been selected as the new Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. He will begin his five-year term Sept. 1. (June 26, 2008)
As long as children continue to be coerced into militias, peace talks in those countries to settle armed conflicts are unlikely, assert two Cornell University researchers. (June 9, 2006)