At a June 13 press conference in New York City, Cornell announced $450 million in campaign gifts for the medical college, and life sciences and intercampus research. Joan and Sanford Weill's $300 million is largest gift in Cornell history. (June 13, 2007)
The Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology will receive $25 million out of the $300 million gift from Joan and Sanford Weill, and the institute will be named for them. (June 13, 2007)
Joan and Sanford Weill have given $50 million to Cornell's New Life Sciences Initiative, which will be directly applied to the Life Sciences Technology Building taking shape on the Ithaca campus. (June 13, 2007)
Links to stories, including President Skorton's State of the University address, and a slide show from Reunion Weekend, June 7-10, 2007. (June 13, 2007)
Astronomer Jim Bell gave a tour of Earth and its neighbors in his Olin lecture, 'Postcards From the Solar System: The Next 50 Years of Space Exploration,' June 8. (June 13, 2007)
Two months ago, about 30 communicators from across Cornell began looking for answers to three questions: How does Cornell communicate? What are we saying? And how can we say it better? (June 12, 2007)
The period from April 1865 to October 1868 was spent constructing Morrill Hall, White Hall and Cascadilla Place, recruiting faculty and buying equipment. On Oct. 7, 1868, the university opened. (June 12, 2007)
Only universities are able to take the long view and assemble the interdisciplinary expertise needed to solve the world's energy problems, said Professor Frank DiSalvo, speaking during Reunion Weekend. (June 12, 2007)
'The Song of the Vowels,' cubist Jacques Lipchitz's 10-foot-tall abstract sculpture, has returned to the Cornell campus after almost two years of conservation treatment. (June 12, 2007)