The Peace Corps announced Feb 18 that Cornell University ranked No. 4 among medium-sized schools on the agency’s 2016 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list.
Cornell University ranked No. 18 out of 800 institutions worldwide, up from up from No. 19 last year, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings published Sept. 30.
Figure skater Karen Chen ’23 is headed to Beijing next month for the Winter Olympics, and will be joined from Cornell by five former Big Red women’s hockey players plus Doug Derraugh ’91, the Everett Family Head Coach of Women’s Hockey.
In the 2016 U.S. News and World Report rankings released today, Cornell University was ranked No. 15 among top national schools. The Dyson School and the College of Engineering both ranked in the top 10, respectively.
China joined the world’s 25 most-innovative economies, while Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, Finland and Singapore lead the 2016 rankings in the Global Innovation Index.
Tamara Loos, professor of history and Thai studies at Cornell University, says that the Thai king’s treatment of Sineenat, his royal consort, represents one of the many reasons why protestors in Thailand have targeted the monarchy for reform.
After leading the Boyce Thompson Institute for 17 years, David Stern has decided to step down as president. He will retain the role during the search for his successor, and plans to lead the Stern lab well into the future.
Gillis Frechette ’22 scored in overtime to lift the No. 6 Cornell women’s hockey team past Northeastern, 3-2, and into the Frozen Four of the NCAA Div. I tournament.
Cornell is the highest-ranking university in the 12th annual list of 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces, the Dave Thompson Foundation for Adoption announced Oct. 3.
