Cornell President Hunter R. Rawlings is one of a select group of 121 university presidents attending the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education, which is focused on strengthening international education at U.S. universities.
Cornell's Comprehensive Master Plan moved one step closer toward completion on March 7 when the Cornell Board of Trustees approved the first final draft of the overall plan. (March 13, 2008)
Testifying in Washington before the U.S. House of Representatives, professor Jonathan Lunine and Purdue President Mitch Daniels urged lawmakers to send astronauts to Mars.
Professor Stephen J. Ceci will receive the Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development Award April 19 from the Society for Research in Child Development.
New York, NY (November 21, 2002) -- More than 60-million Americans suffer from allergies, and as many as 40 million suffer from airborne allergies. Yet, despite their prevalence and the ever-increasing numbers of allergy sufferers, there is still widespread misunderstanding about allergies. Now, a new book by a leading Weill Cornell allergist clears the air about allergies and distinguishes the fact from the fiction.The book, entitled "What's In the Air? The Complete Guide to Seasonal and Year-Round Airborne Allergies," is authored by Dr. Gillian Shepherd, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, and Marian Betancourt. It is available in paperback and published by Pocket Books.
Paul Alivisatos, director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and professor of nanotechnology at University of California-Berkeley, is this year's Hans A. Bethe lecturer. (Sept. 21, 2011)
An article just published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation sets out the results of an investigation into the immune defects of some 60 persons with immune-mediated diabetes.
Cornell animal science researchers will begin researching the effects of the newly discovered hormone, thanks to a three-year, $350,000 grant from the USDA. (May 12, 2010)
Cornell President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes has been named the first trustee emeritus of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. He was instrumental in the founding of that university. (Jan. 9, 2012)