Faculty and administrators discussed balancing the rising expense of financial aid against maintaining and enhancing the university’s academic profile at a faculty forum, “Financial Aid Policies: Unimaginable Outcomes?” Oct. 21.
Marilyn Berger Hewitt '56, a New York Times contributor, and her husband, Don Hewitt, creator of CBS' '60 Minutes,' reflected on their lives as journalists Oct. 12 at the Alice Cook House on campus.
This summer, six Armenian girls got an insider’s view of a massive archaeological project in their home country thanks to Camp Aragats, an initiative of the U.S.-based Aragats Foundation, which was founded by Cornell archaeologists Lori Khatchadourian and Adam T. Smith.
A high-profile consortium of nanotechnology research centers, of which Cornell is a founding member, has received a five-year renewal grant from the National Science Foundation.
As Cornell University restructures its life sciences with the New Life Sciences Initiative, constructs new buildings, upgrades its infrastructure and hires new faculty members, university officials stress that improving graduate…
Three Cornell graduate students have received Department of Energy fellowship awards, which are designed to strengthen the nation's scientific workforce. (Aug. 23, 2010)
Experts have confirmed that two new species of crane flies (Tipula paludosa and a close relative T. oleracea) have invaded New York state for the first time and are likely to emerge as two of the most serious insect pests, threatening lawns, golf courses, pastures and hay fields.
Cornell is organizing an ongoing battle against a highly virulent strain of wheat stem rust known as Ug99, to which only 10 percent of the world's wheat varieties are resistant. (Feb. 25, 2009)
A new partnership between Cornell's Early Childhood Cognition Laboratory and Ithaca's Sciencenter results in on-site research while Sciencenter visitors get to see how science is done. (Nov. 7, 2012)
Community engaged learning courses in the College of Arts and Sciences help students learn better and contribute more through reflection and action. (Nov. 7, 2012)