Suzy M. Nelson has been named to lead Cornell's active Greek life system, John L. Ford, the Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students, has announced.
William McGuire, professor of civil and environmental engineering emeritus, died Jan. 31 in Ithaca at age 92. A memorial service will be held Sept. 7 on campus.
It's only fitting that ceremonies for the official dedication of the Sheila W. and Richard J. Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts include elements of theater, film and dance performed by Cornell University students.
Many New York state dairy farmers, who have suffered for two decades without affordable, disease-resistant forage to supplement grass for their animals, are getting their fields of dreams.
Thirty-seven students from Latin America have been working with research faculty on campus as part of CienciAmerica, an eight-week summer program at Cornell.
An interactive family forum on global warming and a series of hands-on science activities for children and families were featured at Ithaca's Sciencenter Feb. 17. (Feb. 20, 2007)
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)
Open access to peer-reviewed journals was a hot topic for Cornell researchers speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, Feb. 14-18. (Feb. 21, 2008)
Events on campus this week include alumnus and lifestyle expert Katie Brown, an urban version of 'Romeo and Juliet' and a benefit concert for Cornell's Hospital for Animals. (Nov. 12, 2009)
Physicists have demonstrated the application of kirigami on 10-micron sheets of graphene, which they can cut, fold and twist. The research could pave the way for some of the smallest machines the world has ever known.