Theoretically stranded on an island, five professors were each given 10 minutes to persuade the audience, or 'survivors,' why their discipline should have a spot on the life raft. (Feb. 23, 2011)
Each spring the Cornell Tradition, an alumni-endowed recognition program, honors 10 of its students for their community service and leadership. The students donate their awards to help others.
Cornell's Formula SAE team took first place in the fifth annual University of Toronto Shootout, Sept. 16, a regional race for student-built and -driven race cars.
The Cornell team, whose primary mission is to build and drive a…
Three local siblings of different ages are all entering Cornell this fall, all with help from the SUNY's Educational Opportunity Program and the state's Higher Education Opportunity Program. (Aug. 22, 2011)
The Susan H. Murphy Fellowship has been established by an anonymous donor to honor Murphy, Cornell vice president for student and academic services. (Sept. 9, 2008)
Global warming is threatening corals, reported Cornell's Drew Harvell at the AAAS meeting Feb. 18. But some corals can fight diseases as temperatures rise and may provide clues in how to protect other fragile coral reefs, she said. (Feb. 20, 2007)
Feminist leader Betty Friedan will discuss whether Americans need a "values revolution" in a lecture at Cornell University on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. in Room 305 Ives Hall.
A group of 2002 Johnson School graduates founded Camp $tart-Up, a weeklong summer retreat for girls interested in business careers, as their public service-leadership project for the Park Leadership Fellows Program. (Dec. 10, 2007)
Entrepreneur and alumnus Rob Ryan shared secrets of his success with students in applied economics and management during a Sept. 1 lecture. (Sept. 5, 2008)
This summer, two Cornell undergraduates will hand out free laptops to 100 elementary schoolchildren in the rural city of Tidjikja, Mauritania, in northwest Africa, thanks to a $30,000 grant. (May 12, 2009)