Nominations are sought for this year's Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellows Awards for outstanding teaching. Weiss fellows receive $5,000 a year for five years to use for programs of their choice. (Jan. 31, 2011)
Twenty million additional books will be accessible to Cornell students and faculty through the Cornell University Library's Borrow Direct book request and delivery system. (Jan. 31, 2011)
For the first time, fiber science students and faculty joined the class that spent two weeks in India recently. The textile students toured textile and apparel production facilities. (Jan. 31, 2011)
Harry Segal, senior lecturer in psychology, lectured to a large New York City audience on 'What is Psychotherapy (and how does it work)?' at One Day University Jan. 22. (Jan. 31, 2011)
Chronic stress from noise, crowding, family conflict and other factors appears to be another reason why children in low-income families don't fare as well as their middle-income counterparts. (Jan. 31, 2011)
The Mellon Foundation has given Cornell $2 million for pre- and postdoctoral fellowships to help improve the career chances of humanities scholars from underrepresented communities.
Students and young alumni came out in force for the Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference, the Office of Alumni Affairs' flagship volunteer event, Jan. 28-30 in Washington, D.C. (Jan. 31, 2011)
W. David Curtiss, professor emeritus of law, died Jan. 26 at his home in Ithaca. Curtiss served as a faculty trustee and as associate dean of the Law School. (Jan. 31, 2011)
To celebrate the launch of the new student blog about foreign affairs, The Diplomacist, two Cornell professors and a war veteran will discuss Afghanistan at a talk, Jan. 31. (Jan. 31, 2011)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first clinical trial in humans of brightly glowing 'Cornell Dots' to aid in diagnosing and treating cancer. (Jan. 31, 2011)