Cornell and the Honduran nonprofit Agua Para el Pueblo, founding members of the AguaClara network, will be honored as Intel Environment Tech Award laureates during The Tech Awards gala, Oct. 20. (Sept. 29, 2011)
Events on campus this week include a symposium on the latest cancer research, a gas drilling roundtable, a documentary on artist Anselm Kiefer, and gallery and garden talks at the Johnson Museum.
Faculty members can submit nominations for the Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large program through Nov. 15. Professors-at-Large are individuals of international distinction, appointed to six-year terms. (Sept. 28, 2011)
Josh Tetrick '04, founding CEO of 33needs, encouraged students to take action for the world, but he stressed that they didn't need to be martyrs. Work with companies that strive for social change, he said. (Sept. 28, 2011)
Helen Faith 'Happy' Keane Reichert '25, who had been the oldest living Cornell graduate, died Sept. 25 at her apartment in New York City. (Sept. 27, 2011)
Cornell Chemist James B. Sumner (1887-1955) was honored Sept. 22, 65 years after he won the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking research. (Sept. 27, 2011)
The Division of Student and Academic Services plans to pare university contributions by nearly $2 million by 2015, Vice President for Student and Academic Services Susan Murphy said Sept. 21. (Sept. 27, 2011)
As the e-print arXiv of scientific publications celebrates its 20th anniversary, what started as an effort to 'level the playing field' for researchers has created a whole new playing field. (Sept. 27, 2011)
Economist Nicolas Ziebarth, assistant professor of policy analysis and management in the College of Human Ecology, has received two awards for his research on health economics. (Sept. 27, 2011)