The Cornell in Turin program was recognized in an Italian newspaper for students' work with community centers in their research studies of migration and services for immigrants in Italy.
Citing research transforming our scientific view of the heavens, the American Astronomical Society will give astronomy professor Joe Burns the 2014 Dirk Brouwer Award.
Author and illustrator Bente Starcke King will demonstrate botanical drawing and watercolor techniques and sign copies of her new book, Beautiful Botanicals in the Cornell Plantations Garden Gift Shop on campus.
Cornell is partnering on a wildlife conservation project in Zambia that saves animals' lives by addressing a powerful threat: Poverty and hunger that force families to poach or clear-cut forests to create temporary farm fields. (Feb. 7, 2007)
Growing interest in using flexible electronics for next-generation biomedical devices has prompted the creation of a new graduate student research program at Cornell, funded by the National Science Foundation. (Sept. 11, 2007)
A discovery in yeast that has important implications for finding a cure for a devastating disease of nerve cell failures – called familial dysautonomia – has been made by Cornell researchers. They have found a gene that is a major player in determining the structural and functional asymmetry of cells – known in modern biological parlance as cell polarity.
The Clare Boothe Luce Program, part of the Henry Luce Foundation, has awarded Cornell two two-year fellowships, including tuition and stipend, for women graduate students studying engineering.
The Cornell University Board of Trustees Executive Committee will meet in New York City Thursday, Sept. 12. The meeting will be held in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St., at 2 p.m. (September 5, 2002)
Close to 90 Cornellians spent Nov. 12 at the United Nations, touring and talking with experts on topics ranging from climate change to food security. (Nov. 29, 2010)