A symposium at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, N.C. celebrated the work of Cornell's A.R. 'Archie' Ammons, the late Goldwin Smith Professor of Poetry who also was a Wake Forest alumnus. (Nov. 22, 2010)
Cornell researchers will develop a tool to knock out genes in maize and will sequence wild rice genes, identify their functions and insert key genes into cultivated lines for breeders. (Nov. 22, 2010)
M.H. 'Mike' Abrams, Class of 1916 Professor of English Emeritus, discussed the four dimensions of six poems by poets ranging from Emily Dickinson to A.R. Ammons at a lecture Nov. 18. (Nov. 22, 2010)
A special town-gown tribute to Cornell's women's ice hockey, currently ranked No. 1 in the nation, is slated for Dec. 4 at 3 p.m. at Lynah Rink, when Cornell takes on ECAC rival Clarkson. (Nov. 19, 2010)
Professor Karl Pillemer is the receipient of the Lawton Award from the Gerontological Society of America for his work on improving the lives of older adults in nursing homes and community settings. (Nov. 19, 2010)
Campaign co-chairs Jan Rock Zubrow '77 and Stephen Ashley '62, MBA '64, announced the milestone Nov. 18 at 'Cornell on the Charles,' an event attended by hundreds of Boston-area Cornellians. (Nov. 18, 2010)
President David Skorton and alumni Rob Dyson and Howard Milstein have been named by Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo to a transition team charged with finding the best minds to lead New York's economic revitalization. (Nov. 18, 2010)
Just prior to tipoff of the first home game of 2010-11, the 2009-10 men's basketball team's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 run was celebrated with the unveiling of a banner. (Nov. 18, 2010)
While Cornell will never standardize all of its information technology, it must narrow down some of its IT options, said Steve Schuster, interim executive director of CIT, at an open forum Nov. 10.