Professor and Senior Associate Dean Barbara Knuth has been named vice provost, effective April 1, and dean of the Cornell Graduate School for a five-year term, beginning July 1, Provost Kent Fuchs announced.
For two Cornell students about to graduate May 25, the past weeks have been marked by worry about friends and relatives affected by the May 12 Sichuan, China, earthquake. (May 21, 2008)
It doesn't take much imagination to see that preventing falls, brightening dark and depressing spaces, and generally making environments habitable can be among the most important elements for improving the health of the elderly.
The winner of the 5th annual Saperstein Topical Sermon Contest, Jeremy Rosenberg '16, drew on Biblical sources to answer the question of whether we are in the midst of an environmental crisis.
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)
In this shrink-wrapped, vacuum-packed, pre-cooked world, Cornell University is striving to keep a strong agricultural connection active in the minds of 21st century children. The university's Agriculture in the Classroom program has developed the New York "Kids Growing Foods" school-garden program, and this spring grants are being awarded to 34 elementary schools in the state to establish or maintain these gardens.
For the first time, the Cornell Concerto Competition has two winners: cellist Daniel Cho '17 and violinist Ji Min Yang '15. The 10th annual competition was held Dec. 15 in Barnes Hall.
Cornell gave Class of 1975 graduates in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) much more than vocational training in their respective fields, said eight alumni who were part of a special panel during Reunion Weekend.
Kathleen M. Rasmussen, professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell University, will be the first recipient of the Excellence in Nutrition Education Award from the American Society of Nutrition (ASN) on April 2 in San Francisco…