Increases in support for child care and research assistant stipends and a reduced tuition for self-pay doctoral students in their sixth or seventh year were announced Aug. 31 at the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly meeting.
NASA has announced it will award the Distinguished Public Service Medal, its highest honor, to astronomer Yervant Terzian, the Tisch Distinguished Professor Emeritus.
The Office of Engagement Initiatives has awarded nearly $840,000 to 21 teams of faculty and community partners integrating community engagement into majors and minors.
The College of Engineering's Diversity Programs in Engineering has been named a finalist for 2010 'Examples of Excelencia' by the national organization Excelencia in Education. (Sept. 13, 2010)
The Eclectic Convergence Entrepreneurship Summit, held Nov. 8 in New York City, drew 550 attendees for TED-style talks from entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, plus lots of networking.
The College of Veterinary Medicine made its debut earlier this month as the official veterinary care provider of the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York City.
Moji Olaniyan, executive director of the Office for Minority Educational Affairs, will leave Cornell to work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (May 11, 2010)