Cornell has received two grants totaling $1 million to expand the John S. Knight Writing Program, which seeks to improve student writing and the teaching of writing through a variety of innovative techniques and programs. A $750,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will establish a national center for writing in the disciplines.
Harold D. Craft Jr., vice president for administration and chief financial officer of Cornell University, today (April 11, 2001) released the text of a letter he has sent to Cornell students concerning the application of the Kyoto Protocol's environmental principles to the operation of the university. The letter follows:
The 108th annual Dragon Day parade across campus begins at 1 p.m. Friday, March 13. This year, the burning of the dragon will follow new environmental regulations.
Efforts to raise money for charity were on a roll Saturday afternoon, April 30, in Barton Hall: a spring roll, or Southeast Asian-style egg roll, that is. Roll for Relief beat the old Guinness record by more than 200 meters (656 feet), while raising more than $20,000 for tsunami relief in Southeast Asia.
Cornell University ranks as the 14th best university in the world, according to the Times Higher Education Supplement published by The Times of London, up from 23rd in the world last year. (November 29, 2005)
Cornell University neuroscientists knew they had one amazing fly on their hands when they testedOrmia ochracea , a tiny insect parasite with such acute directional hearing that it has inspired a new generation of hearing aids and nanoscale listening devices.
Exploring new possibilities in research collaborations and faculty exchanges, a seven-member contingent of Cornell faculty recently finished a series of nanoscience workshops at two Chinese universities.
Participant Stephen Sass,…
This summer Cornell will be the epicenter of a major national initiative to diversify humanities departments called the Future of Minorities Studies Research Project (FMS) Summer Institute.
Malcolm Bilson, professor emeritus of music at Cornell, has been awarded the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal for his lifetime achievements in period and chamber music.