Edward J. Lawler, dean of Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) and a scholar of organizational behavior, is the recipient of the 2001 Cooley-Mead Award.
Teams of 6- to 9-year-olds competed against each other with buckets of Lego pieces and the challenge of building a science-related model at the macro, micro and nano scales at Duffield Hall Jan. 27. (Feb. 5, 2007)
This holiday season many elderly Americans will not get enough to eat simply because they lack the mobility to prepare their own meals. Others will lack the funds to purchase nutritionally adequate meals. As a result of such problems, the health and nutritional status of many older Americans is being significantly impaired, according to several new studies from Cornell.
Ruth Chinitz Uris, a Presidential Councillor and longtime benefactor of Cornell, died March 19 at her home in New York City. Through her husband, the late philanthropist and builder Harold D. Uris (Cornell Class of 1925), Ruth Uris became an active and generous supporter of Cornell and its Medical College.
In an unusual collaboration among scientists and humanists, a Cornell team has demonstrated a novel method for recovering faded text on ancient stone by zapping and mapping 2,000-year-old inscriptions using X-ray fluorescence imaging.
Cornell employees and commuting students who park on city streets adjacent to campus are being reminded that new city parking regulations will go into effect over the next several months.
President Hunter Rawlings announced two key administrative appointments at the Cornell Board of Trustees' final meeting May 23. Rawlings announced the appointment of two new vice provosts.
Karen Chi Lin '13 and Andrew Schoen '12 have received 2011 Morris K. Udall Scholarships for students with an interest in careers in environmental public policy, health care and tribal public policy. (April 20, 2011)
Shibley Telhami, well known expert on Arab-Israeli relations, will be guest speaker at the Peace Studies Program's lunchtime seminar Thursday, Oct. 4, at 12:15 p.m. in G-08 Uris Hall.
On May 8, President David Skorton will confer the Cornell M.D. degree on the 15 members of the Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar Class of 2008 in a ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Doha.