Steven Ames, a private investor in New York and a longtime supporter of Cornell University's art scene, has been named chair of Cornell's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Advisory Council. The appointment was made by Cornell President Hunter Rawlings.
Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine now is one of only two vet schools in the country to offer ablation for dogs - a cardiology procedure that can cure racing hearts. (Dec. 2, 2011)
The board of directors of the Fair Labor Association (FLA), which works to improve workplace conditions in factories around the world, recently took action to increase university participation on the board, increase participation by licensees and expand the FLA monitoring program to include additional products.
The first half of this year was the warmest Jan. 1 to June 30 period for the Northeast since records were first kept in 1895, according to climatologist Keith Eggleston at the Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC).
Chuck Close and James Siena '79 critiqued each others' works in a discussion of process and art making at the Eli Broad Lecture, held Dec. 5 in Manhattan. (Dec. 13, 2012)
Stephen Kresovich, professor of plant breeding and director of the Institute for Genomic Diversity at Cornell University, has been named director of the university's Institute for Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies.
Don Tennant's background in the technology industry has served him served him well in his first year at the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility. (June 12, 2007)
Weekend getaways at Shoals Marine Laboratory, Cornell's and University of New Hampshire's seasonal marine field station in the Gulf of Maine, will be offered this summer as part of the laboratory's adult education program.