On Sept. 8, the Student Assembly unanimously approved a resolution that will create an ad-hoc committee to 'unite students in support of the NYC tech campus." (Sept. 9, 2011)
Ten Cornell undergraduate and graduate students traveled 23 hours and 7,600 miles to the South Pacific island nation of Tonga to see what climate change really looks like.
Cornell is part of a partnership with $3 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to test new energy-saving approaches in older housing developments in New York City. (March 22, 2012)
More than 100 Cornellians who graduated between 2000 and 2011 advised each other on strategies to advance their careers, such as building a 'personal brand.' (March 20, 2012)
The foundation led by Chuck Feeney '56 made the $350 million gift, the largest in the university's history. It originally was announced Dec. 16 as from an anonymous donor. (Dec. 20, 2011)
Three Cornell professors contributed to the successful proposal to lead a new $18.5 million endeavor to enhance the United States’ wind-energy economy and nix greenhouse gas emissions.
Bishop Gene Robinson said at an April 7 CURW event in New York City that the Bible is silent on homosexuality and that he predicts the church will eventually reverse its position on the issue. (April 11, 2011)
The check was presented to President David Skorton by engineering alumna Sherri Stuewer '73, M.S. '75, during the Cornell Board of Trustees meeting in New York City, April 8. (April 13, 2010)
The ILR School's Kheel Center - the foremost repository of information on the Triangle Waist Factory fire of 1911 - commemorates the disaster's centennial. (Feb. 16, 2011)