National Book Award winner Tim O'Brien will deliver an inaugural reading for the newly endowed James McConkey Reading Series, Friday, Oct. 22, at 8 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, on campus.
When 15 biomedical research scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) discussed some of the highlights and pitfalls of their chosen profession, they mentioned becoming too involved in their own research and losing touch…
Friends and colleagues of Dean L. Taylor will remember the late professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in a memorial service on Monday, Sept. 22 at 4:30 p.m. in the chapel of Anabel Taylor Hall.
Professor Michael Kotlikoff, incoming dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, discusses research, trends and the hospital for animals. (May 16, 2007)
Five Cornell University researchers have been honored by prestigious U.S. and international academic groups. They are Leonard Gross, professor of mathematics; Éanna Flanagan, associate professor of physics; D. Tyler McQuade and Paul Chirik, both assistant professors of chemistry and chemical biology; and Thomas W. Parks, professor of electrical engineering. (May 21, 2004)
College presidents coping with campus violence and harassment caused by alcohol and drug use now have a new informational tool to help them examine the problem from a national perspective and develop responses to potential violence before it occurs.
The Cornell Board of Trustees will meet in Ithaca on Friday, May 22, and Saturday, May 23. The open session will include a discussion of the 1999-2000 operating and capital budget plans for the statutory colleges.
Cornell's 2007 Solar Decathlon entry, now being built, features a freestanding 'light canopy' to support the house's equipment, 'green' screens and an adaptable sunroom. (May 1, 2007)
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Cornell's Albert R. Mann Library $865,845 for the preservation of books, family farm memoirs, land transactions and other published materials that depict the history of American agricultural and rural life.
Laurie Drinkwater of Cornell University is leading a $1.6 million, multi-institution National Science Foundation study to determine the correlation between biogeochemical processes in agriculture pollution and institutional responses to the problem. (December 13, 2005)