Gifts totaling $10 million – $5 million from Steve Conine ’95 and his wife Alexi Conine ’96, and $5 million from Niraj Shah ’95 and his wife Jill Shah – will support construction of a new building for the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science.
A $2.5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is boosting a multi-institution initiative, which includes Cornell University Library, to develop ways to improve the sharing of catalog data among libraries.
Harold “Hal” Bierman Jr., the Nicholas H. Noyes Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Management and Finance, died Feb. 12 in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina. He was 96.
This year, Cornell Homecoming is called “StayHomecoming” and will be held entirely online, though its spirit and theme of celebrating community remain intact – and as important as ever.
Peter J. Katzenstein, the Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Professor of International Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the recipient of the Skytte Prize in Political Science.
The March 9 event included both online and in-person activities, centered around 11 TED-style talks given by faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Each spring the Merrill scholars are asked to recognize the high school teacher who impacted their early education and the Cornell faculty or staff member who contributed most significantly to their college experience.
Embark Veterinary, Inc. – a canine genetics startup company that graduated from Cornell’s McGovern Center incubator in late 2017 – announced $75 million in venture funding on July 26.