Polley Ann McClure, vice president for information technology and communication and professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia, has been appointed by Provost Don M. Randel as Cornell University's new vice president for information technologies.
Cornell University Library has become the newest member of HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating on a digital library initiative. (Oct. 25, 2010)
The one place in the Northeast most likely to have a white Christmas - Caribou, Maine - officially had but an inch of snow on the ground. It started the holiday at midnight with a high temperature of 44 degrees, not surprising since this was also Caribou's warmest December since the start of official records there in 1939, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center .
The Cornell University Board of Trustees will hold its first meeting of 2000 at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City, Jan. 27 through Jan. 29.
The Appel Institute for Alzheimer's Research at Weill Cornell Medical College will seek to better understand the debilitating disease, develop treatments and eventually find a cure.
To encourage young scientists to consider careers helping developing nations, a new three-week course, Rice: Research to Production, co-taught by CU's Susan McCouch, was launched in the Philippines in May. (June 20, 2007)
S. Martin (Marty) Rauker has been named Cornell's interim assistant vice president for student and academic services. He follows LeNorman Strong, who left for the University of California-Berkeley. (May 14, 2009)
Events on campus July 16-30 include free concerts on the Arts Quad and at the Schwartz Center, lectures at Statler auditorium, outdoor movies and MacBeth performances, a SEED event and museum offerings. (July 15, 2010)
We know that Cornell University engineering graduates often rise through the ranks to executive positions, or found and manage new companies of their own. Is there something special about an engineering education that prepares a person for leadership? The Cornell Engineering Alumni Association (formerly Cornell Society of Engineers) will explore that question in this year's annual conference April 21-23 on campus. The conference is titled "Engineering as a Foundation for Business Leadership: Tales from the Frontlines." (April 12, 2005)