Scott Sherman, co-founder of the Transformative Action Institute in California, spoke on 'Teaching to Transform the World: An Innovative Approach to Education,' Oct. 26.
Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine named Cornell President David J. Skorton the winner of its 2009 Distinguished Alumnus Award. (May 6, 2009)
V.P. Elmira Mangum said the revised guidelines provide units with assistance in determining how to proceed with capital projects and clear direction on funding requirements before a project can go forward. (Sept. 26, 2012)
Robert H. Foote, a professor emeritus of animal science whose pioneering research led to in vitro fertilization in agricultural livestock, died of lung failure in Ithaca Oct. 27. A memorial service will be held Nov. 9. (Nov. 3, 2008)
An entirely new class of rubbery plastics has been produced in the laboratory by a Cornell researcher and two co-workers. Because the material uses two common and inexpensive petroleum products, ethylene and polyethylene, for its feedstock, the research has the promise of greatly reduced production costs.
Chosen from an international pool of candidates, epidemiologist Ynte Schukken was nominated for the award by faculty at the University of Ghent's College of Veterinary Medicine. (Feb. 24, 2010)
The Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc. (BTI) this month celebrates 25 years of affiliation with Cornell. To mark the occasion, BTI will hold an openhouse reception May 19.
A new initiative -- Consumers, Pharmaceutical Policy and Health -- is under way in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management (PAM) at Cornell University, thanks to a Merck Company Foundation pharmaceutical policy grant. The renewable grant of $200,000 a year for three years involves at least eight faculty members and is allowing PAM, which is in the College of Human Ecology, to undertake research projects and develop graduate course content on pharmaceutical policy. The department also will issue a series of pharmaceutical policy working papers, sponsor seminars on pharmaceutical policy and offer fellowships, research assistantships and internships to graduate students. (January 29, 2003)