The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), one of the world's leading centers for X-ray research in biology and materials science, is building a major addition that will provide a quantum leap in its capabilities.
Recently formed diversity offices aim to help students become skilled in interacting across differences, their leaders said at a panel discussion, 'Varied Voices: Diversity and Access,' Oct. 21. (Oct. 21, 2011)
Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Donald Smith confirmed the presence of a pet food contaminant, melamine, at a Washington, D.C., press briefing March 30.
James Franco – actor, director, writer, artist and perpetual student – delivered the Senior Convocation address May 28 in Schoellkopf Stadium with temperatures pushing 90 degrees.
The Northeast shivered its way through the eighth coldest November for the region in 102 years of record, according to climatologists from the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University. The average temperature for the 12-state region was 34.6 degrees -- 4.7 degrees colder than normal. The record is 32.8 degrees, set in 1901.
A celebration is in order: Thirty years ago, the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University opened its doors, ushering in a new era in higher education for black students and scholars. The center's creation remains one of the remarkable, lasting accomplishments of the Black Power struggle of the 1960s and 1970s.
For her extensive contributions to the field of maternal-child nutrition, Kathleen Rasmussen, professor of nutritional sciences, won the March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award. (Nov. 1, 2012)
Events on campus this week include photography exhibit, debate on Obama, Rubberdance Group, several book signings at the Cornell Store, literary luncheon, history walk, and lectures on whales and rice. (Oct. 14, 2010)