The Cornell China Center has announced eight China Innovation Awards to interdisciplinary teams of Cornell faculty, aimed at jump-starting collaborative research and developing research teams.
Vice President Ryan Lombardi announced at yesterday's Student Assembly meeting that he is planning to increase the number of front-line staff in the university’s advocacy and resource centers.
A community radio show produced and co-sponsored by Cornell has won a top award from the State University of New York Council for University Advancement.
Nominations of underrepresented tenured faculty as sought for the Public Voices Fellowship, a new initiative to increase the public impact of the nation’s top thought leaders.
Events this week include Harry Potter Night in Risley Hall; Our Place in Space on the Arts Quad, celebrating aerospace engineering and astronomy; Dairy Day at Stocking Hall; a debate on North Korea and a lecture with piano accompaniment on music, math and mortality.
The College of Arts and Sciences has awarded 14 New Frontier Grants totaling nearly $2 million to faculty members pursuing research projects ranging from the physics of quantum computing to the design of new musical instruments.
Starting in the fall 2017 semester, Cornell University will offer a Master of Public Health degree with a focus on epidemiology, infectious disease, food systems and sustainability.
President Skorton outlined the progress made on strategic plan initiatives and the work that yet remains, while looking toward the sesquicentennial, in his State of the University Address, Oct. 26. (Oct. 26, 2012)
Cornell hopes to enroll 100 military veterans in the university's undergraduate programs over the next three years, Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced at the Ivy League Veterans Council meeting April 29.
A new Web portal for students with families aims to help them acclimate and integrate into the Cornell community and centralizes policies, resources and support structures that pertain to them.