Cornell has submitted 58 proposals for a piece of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as the federal stimulus package, and 40 more are in the pipeline, says Vice Provost Bob Buhrman. (May 7, 2009)
An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.
Bryan Duff, education senior lecturer in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has made filmmaking a central mechanism to showcase the power of storytelling in the Ithaca city schools.
Chemist Richard Durst has been elected president of the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry, as well as having received two other recent honors. (July 29, 2008)
A multinational team of researchers has identified genetic markers that predict educational attainment by pooling data from more than 125,000 individuals in 15 countries.
Events this week include the Cornell Chamber Orchestra with violinist Dennis Kim; a documentary on influential Native American musicians including Link Wray; and Fashion Week with the Cornell Fashion Collective.
The Partners in Animal Health Web site offers free, state-of-the-art videos with 3-D animations on such topics as basic pet care, diabetes management and cancer in pets.