Two Cornell research teams have each received National Institutes of Health grants to identify factors influencing the careers of women in biomedical and behavioral sciences and engineering. (Oct. 22, 2009)
Hospitality industry leaders Bob Alter '73; Andy Dolce, M.S. '63; and Christian Kiefer have been named executives-in-residence at Cornell's School of Hotel Administration. (Oct. 21, 2009)
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson gave a lecture Oct. 20 to launch Cornell Library's celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth and a new exhibition on Lincoln.
Cornell faculty and staff have a number of benefits plan decisions to make in the months ahead, including life insurance policies, flexible spending accounts, and medical and dental plans. (Oct. 21, 2009)
Staff and faculty members currently enrolled in the Group Universal Life plan can elect additional life insurance protection equal to one times your annual salary without showing proof of good health. (Oct. 21, 2009)
The Ithaca campus has received 121 ARRA research awards, totaling $99,671,305, and Weill Cornell Medical College has received 63 awards totaling $21, 997,971, creating and retaining nearly 200 jobs. (Oct. 21, 2009)
Events this week include a concert celebrating Joseph Haydn, a free Ellis Paul show, a film on American financial collapse and conferences on autism and networks and mobility.
Artificial tissues with an embedded vascular system and a skull base sealer were two Cornell student inventions honored as finalists in the 2009 Collegiate Inventors Competition in Chicago, Oct. 18-20. (Oct. 21, 2009)
The Cornell Society of Women Engineers received the Gold Level Award for Outstanding Collegiate Section at the national SWE conference held Oct. 15-17 in Long Beach, Calif. (Oct. 21, 2009)
The University of Pennsylvania's Nano/BioInterface Center has presented its annual Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology to Harold Craighead. (Oct. 21, 2009)