A $3.5 million renovation of Jordan Hall on the Cornell AgriTech campus will enable more distance-learning opportunities for entrepreneurs and workers in New York state’s food and farm economy.
Cornell has moved up one spot in the annual college rankings from U.S. News and World Report, which places the university at No. 15, up from 16 last year, out of 280 schools that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors along with master’s and doctoral degrees.
Cornell's undergraduate architecture program is again ranked No. 1 in the nation in “America's Best Architecture and Design Schools." Two Cornell graduate programs are also in the top 5.
Cornell faculty members Jefferson Tester and Lance Collins are among the new class elected to the academy, among the highest professional distinctions for an engineer.
James Walsh will spend three years tapping into Cornell’s robust resources in the field of logic, combining the precision and methods of math with the interests of philosophy.
Alice Li, Ph.D. ’98, executive director of Cornell’s Center for Technology Licensing, discusses CTL's role in commercializing technologies, promoting startups and working with the university's incubators and accelerators to support entrepreneurs and help launch companies.
On Monday, Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn stripped his royal consort – Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi – of her official ranks for “repeated disobedience and attempts to of interference with royal affairs.” The palace order comes three months after Sineenat – rumored to be the king’s longtime mistress – was given the official title of royal consort.
Tamara Loos, professor of history and Thai studies at Cornell University, says the move is a sign of the King’s newfound absolutism.
With 33 alumni in the Peace Corps — and 1,641 since 1961 — Cornell ranks near the top in volunteer productivity; a 2013 Arts College graduate tells whey she is in Cameroon.
