Fry's appointment, subject to approval by the Executive Committee of the Cornell Board of Trustees later this spring, will run from July 1 to June 30, 2011. (March 13, 2008)
Michal Lipson, Cornell assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is among this year's recipients of National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Awards.
New York, NY (December 9, 2002) -- Gleevec, the new anti-leukemia drug from Novartis Pharmaceuticals, achieves a marked improvement in survival even for patients in the accelerated phase of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), according to a study to be presented on Monday afternoon, Dec. 9, at the meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in Philadelphia.Comments Dr. Richard T. Silver, a professor at Weill Cornell Medical College and Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center, who will present the findings: "Until now, the story of this disease has been like the story of Sisyphus who was condemned by the gods to roll a great stone up a mountain for all eternity. Gleevec has brought us a lot closer to the mountaintop than we've ever been."
A $250,000 feasibility study reports that the proposed Cornell University Renewable Bioenergy Initiative could produce $2 million a year in energy using campus-area renewable resources. (May 3, 2010)
Kent Hubbell, B.Arch. '69, is returning to the architecture faculty after serving for 15 years as Cornell's dean of students, a tenure marked by his concern and support for students' well-being.
A partnership between the library, CIT and the Lab of Ornithology seeks to save information across Cornell that is stored on orphaned media and in danger of decay and loss.
Jeff Tester, Croll Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems at Cornell, received the Special Achievement Award of the Geothermal Resources Council Oct. 26 in San Diego. (Oct. 28, 2011)
Patients who develop bacterial endocarditis have an elevated risk of stroke beginning four months before, and up to five months after diagnosis – a period significantly longer than previously reported.
In a whirlwind of seminars, plenary sessions and corridor conversations, 17 Cornell students and six faculty attended COP24 in Katowice, Poland in December.
Last month, 48 undergraduates competed in the annual Mathematical Contest in Modeling, applying the modeling and simulation skills they have learned in class to a real-world problem. (Dec. 9, 2009)