New legislation signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on July 12 removes legal obstacles impeding access to hemp seed in a bid to streamline research and farming opportunities in New York.
The world’s largest public opinion archive – the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, founded in 1947 - will become the Roper Center at Cornell University on Nov. 7.
After 40 years of leadership, teaching and scholarship at Cornell, Mary Fainsod Katzenstein retires in May. At an April 22, event she was honored for her work with the Cornell Prison Education Program.
The 2014 Geospatial In-Service workshop taught 4-H leaders about global positioning systems and other related tools, which participants plan to introduce to their New York counties.
Cornell President David Skorton has endorsed the Faculty Senate’s December 2013 resolution to aggressively bring carbon neutrality to campus by 2035, but he will not recommend the university divest its $5.7 billion endowment of the top 200 fossil fuel-holding companies.
President Barack Obama presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the families of slain civil rights workers Michael Schwerner ’61, James Earl Chaney and Andrew Goodman in a ceremony Nov. 24 at the White House.
Thomas C. Reed ’56, former secretary of the U.S. Air Force, spoke at Cornell Air Force ROTC Detachment 520's annual Dining Out event in Ithaca Nov. 14.
Professor and chair of city and regional planning Susan Christopherson, known for her scholarly work and expertise on regional economic development, died Dec. 14, 2016, following a battle with cancer. She was 69.