Kayoko Hirata '11 has been named one of eight students in the United States to join the executive committee of the Japan-America Student Conference, which promotes Japanese-American relations. (Feb. 24, 2009)
Beth and Stephan Loewentheil, J.D. ’75, have donated a rare Civil War-era photograph album compiled for the Comte de Paris. It becomes Cornell University Library's 8 millionth volume.
Cornell’s Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives held its second annual awards, named after George Washington Fields and 9 other Cornellian trailblazers.
Jason Koski/University PhotographyLeaders of the ACCEL program within the Provost's Office will be, from left, Provost Biddy Martin; Shelley Correll, associate professor of sociology; Marjolein van der Meulen, associate professor…
Rigorous scholarly reflection on vital matters of social consequence has been a hallmark of Cornell's Africana Studies and Research Center's educational mission from the outset 35 years ago.
Bow ties, the Big Red Marching Band, a giant clock tower cake and a long line of well-wishers filled Barton Hall May 1 to bid President David Skorton and Professor Robin Davisson a fond farewell after nine years at Cornell.
Cornell University undergraduates can take courses in everything from canine genetics to elementary Pali (the language of Theravaada Buddhist texts). To this rich assortment add one on migrant farmworkers, a course believed to be the only one of its kind in the nation. "The course is intended to provide a very broad and eclectic perspective on the world of migrant, rural laborers, primarily from the Caribbean and mainland Latin America who work in central and upstate New York," says Ray Craib, assistant professor of history and the primary coordinator of the course. (May 5, 2004)
The Cornell Center for Advanced computing has deployed A 512-core parallel cluster running the scientific language MATLAB as an experimental resource on the TeraGrid. (Jan. 7, 2010)
NEW YORK (June 8, 2005) -- Each year, thousands of children from orphanages abroad are adopted by families in the United States. Yet the long-term impact of the early experiences of these children is unknown. Researchers at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are currently conducting a study that employs tools -- including computer games used in conjunction with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans -- to better understand the cognitive and emotional development of these children, as well as their unique experiences.