Immunologist Cynthia Leifer identifies immune cell mechanisms that sometimes go wrong, opening the door for possible new therapies for autoimmune diseases like lupus and arthritis. (Nov. 28, 2011)
Anne and Robert Everett, professor emeritus, have committed $2 million to endow the Robert and Anne Everett Professorship in Dairy Cattle Genetics, the first endowed position in animal science. (Feb. 24, 2011)
Eva Sage-Gavin '80, chief HR executive for the 132,000-employee international retailer Gap Inc., received the ILR School's Groat Award March 29. (April 4, 2012)
Cornell has received 14 major new gifts totaling $71.5 million that include the largest donations in the university's history to the arts and humanities. (Oct. 19, 2007)
Cornell’s newest MOOC will give thousands of students worldwide an opportunity to learn skills that are regularly taught to the university's undergraduate engineering students on campus.
Gordon was the Walter R. Reed Professor of Electrical Engineering at Cornell in 1958 when he began designing the radio telescope to study the Earth's upper atmosphere and nearby space.
Nanotech devices for biology research, a new way to pasteurize milk, improvements in cellular phone systems and new strawberry varieties were among the 41 patents issued to 32 Cornell inventors during fiscal year 2005-06. They…
'The Puppetmaster of Lodz,' directed by Bruce Levitt, a professor in Cornell's Department of Theatre, Film and Dance, is being performed through Dec. 23 at Manhattan's ArcLight Theater. (Dec. 18, 2007)
When young children learn a second language, it strengthens their ability to pay attention to the right stuff, reports a new Cornell study. (July 14, 2011)