Workers poured 200 yards of concrete continuously for more than 12 hours on Sept. 28 to form the dome that is a signature architectural feature of Paul Milstein Hall. (Oct. 4, 2010)
A "Masters in Excellence" weekend, held May 6-8 on campus, featured a symposium commemorating 350 years of Jewish history in America (and 140 years of Jewish history at Cornell) and was capped with a regale May 8 that featured the chief rabbi of the State of Israel, HaRav Yona Metzger, as speaker. It is believed to be the first visit by an Israeli chief rabbi to a U.S. university campus.
A sort of 'mini-MOOC' - massive open online course - in infant and child nutrition has attracted almost 4,000 participants from more than 100 countries.
On Feb. 27, 90 students from public high schools across New York City participated in Big Red STEM Day, designed to inspire high school students to consider STEM fields.
Cornell plant breeder Michael Mazourek, chef Dan Barber and seed producer Matthew Goldfarb have launched a new vegetable seed catalog that provides a vegetable bounty that any foodie will crave.
A new Cornell study finds the darker a white man's skin is, the more likely he is to be arrested, compared to lighter-skinned white men. In contrast, black men, no matter how dark or light their skin, get arrested at the same rate.
College of Human Ecology students tied dozens of red ribbons on trees lining East Avenue, Tower Road and the Arts Quad, signaling the start of this weekend’s sesquicentennial celebration.
The effort to mark the tenure of President Elizabeth Garrett includes the largest batch of ice cream Cornell Dairy dairy has ever produced. 24 Garrett Swirl features chocolate, caramel and mocha.