Cornell University is a state of mind, and both a beginning and a destination, much like the "Ithaka" of C.P. Cavafy's poem about Ulysses' journey home, said President Elizabeth Garrett at her inauguration as Cornell's 13th president.
Cornell University has joined 16 other colleges and universities on an amicus brief in a U.S. District Court case challenging the Trump administration’s executive order on travel and immigration.
In his new book "How to Succeed in College and Beyond: The Art of Learning," Cornell English professor Daniel Schwarz draws on 48 years of teaching experience to offer advise for college success.
The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology offers classes to teach students quantitative reasoning necessary for success in the physical sciences.
MSNBC host and scholar Melissa Harris-Perry put the history of black struggle in America in perspective in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture, saying "The stories of struggle that we tell our children are incomplete."
Criminal justice reformer, attorney and filmmaker Dawn Porter is the featured speaker for Cornell's 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration, Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 6 p.m. at the State Theatre.
High school students explored the field of digital intelligence through the CATALYST Academy, a weeklong workshop aimed at inspiring minority students to pursue careers in engineering.
The end of the Iraq war gives universities the opportunity to hire veterans with leadership abilities and relevant skills in areas such as operations, business, engineering, finance and hospitality. (Jan. 10, 2012)
Cornell University Library's Chats in the Stacks series of faculty talks about recently published work celebrates its 10th anniversary. (Sept. 30, 2011)
Nine projects were awarded Center for Advanced Technology grants in 2018-2019. The grants are given to faculty members in life sciences fields who partner with a New York state industry for research and development.