Cornell President Hunter Rawlings today announced that the university's medical college has been named in honor of its longtime supporters Joan and Sanford I. Weill.
Cornell's emphasis on outreach to a wide range of farmers is now bringing science-based expertise to one of New York's most traditional farm communities: Amish families in Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties. (Oct. 13, 2006)
In order to expand educational opportunities for students and to explore new program opportunities among campuses, particularly in electronic technology and distance-education capability, six State University of New York campuses signed an affiliation agreement with Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Projects involving historic glacier photography and Latin American journals will contribute to the field of digital scholarship thanks to digitization grants from the College of Arts and Sciences.
Astronaut Mae Jemison, M.D. '81, spoke on campus April 12 at the induction ceremony for the McNair scholars program, which prepares students from disadvantaged backgrounds for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities.
A team led by Cornell professor Grace Xing has created gallium nitride power diodes capable of serving as building blocks for GaN switches, with many possible power and electronics applications.
Women are underrepresented in math-intensive careers not because they lack good math ability, but because they prefer other careers with more flexibility to raise children, says a new Cornell study. (March 11, 2009)
Cornell scientists have created the first vaccines that can prevent metritis, one of the most common cattle diseases. The infection not only harms animals and farmers’ profits but also drives more systemic antibiotic use on dairy farms than any other disease.