Preliminary plans for the Energy Recovery Linac, a powerful new X-ray source, have been supported by $12 million in state funding, awarded last year. (Feb. 6, 2007)
Jordan Matsudaira, assistant professor of policy analysis and management in the College of Human Ecology, has been appointed a senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers.
Environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy will take part in a lecture-presentation titled "Documenting Andy Goldsworthy's Early Ephemeral Work: An Interview with Andy Goldsworthy," on Thursday, Nov. 4, at 4:30 p.m. in the Statler Auditorium.
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson gave a lecture Oct. 20 to launch Cornell Library's celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth and a new exhibition on Lincoln.
An education campaign on menstrual hygiene in India and a study of the effects of grazing on grassland biodiversity in Java are among this year's Cornell projects funded by the Fulbright Program. (Aug. 22, 2012)
Winning a game in the NCAA tournament had been a goal from the start for the Cornell men's basketball team - but a stopping point? Think again. (March 20, 2010)
Avian pathologist Stephen B. Hitchner, who taught and researched at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine 1966-81, has died at age 94. (Jan. 11, 2011)
Hip-hop founding father, electro-funk pioneer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee DJ Afrika Bambaataa has been appointed to a three-year term as a visiting scholar. (Aug. 20, 2012)
Acclaimed educator, designer and author Dagmar Richter has been appointed to chair the Department of Architecture, effective July 1. She comes to Cornell from UCLA. (May 13, 2009)