Two researchers have received five-year, $2.5 million Director's Pioneer Awards from the National Institutes of Health, and three other major grants were awarded to faculty members, the NIH announced Sept. 24. (Sept. 24, 2009)
Beginning this month, visitors to Cornell's CyberTower Web site will find more videos and a new section featuring easily digestible samples of Cornell research and scholarship. (Sept. 23, 2009)
How did the Berlin Wall's fall 20 years ago affect German politics and culture? Cornell's Department of German Studies is answering the question with a series of events Sept. 22-26. (Sept. 23, 2009)
The university now has a formal process to quickly assess whether a member of its community is on a path to violence - or simply displaying the unappealing side of human nature. (Sept. 22, 2009)
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County has received some $317,000 of stimulus funding to provide training to 120 veterans, many with disabilities, for green jobs. (Sept. 22, 2009)
Cornell has been named a 'best employer' for mothers in the workforce by Working Mother magazine for the fourth consecutive year because of its family-friendly policies. (Sept. 22, 2009)
This year's Judy's Day theme, Journey the World Through Plants, featured 20 tents with more than 60 activities at the Cornell Plantations, Sept. 20. (Sept. 22, 2009)
Ben Justus '08 is founder of the EGBOK (Everything's Gonna Be OK) Mission, a philanthropic organization to support education for children and young adults in the developing world. (Sept. 21, 2009)
Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar enrolled its largest medical class to date and has added a third year to its two-year premedical program for students who enroll in August 2010 or later. (Sept. 21, 2009)
A Sept. 16 model United Nations debate, argued in nine languages about global sustainability issues, was the first event of the year for Cornell's Language House on West Campus. (Sept. 21, 2009)