Cornell University President-elect David J. Skorton, who currently is president of the University of Iowa (UI), has received a 2006 Alumni Merit Award from the Northwestern University Alumni Association. Skorton takes up his…
One week after receiving her Cornell degree in biological and environmental engineering in May 2002, Ruth Levy was attending the Engineer Officer Basic Course at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. By October she was on active duty in Iraq,…
It's critical for physicians to have research experience, says Paul DiCorleto, Ph.D. '78. A practicing biochemist, DiCorleto is chair of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute. The clinic was ranked among the 10 best…
Cornell is continuing its efforts toward ensuring that any workers who help produce Cornell-logo clothing are paid a living wage and allowed union representation. On April 4, the university issued a statement endorsing …
Imagine if you firmly held a straw at each end, and you slowly moved one hand away from you. The straw would slowly curve, twist and become oval until it bent.
That's what pipes do in earthquakes.
On April 6 Cornell University…
"I've never done one particular track, and I've always followed whatever I love and loved whatever I've done," said Cornell University Dean of Human Ecology Lisa Staiano-Coico at an April 5 panel discussion, "Women in Medicine…
"We're all about connecting theory to practice," said Michael Johnson, dean-elect of Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration.
Giving a talk on marketing effectively in a service economy April 8 in Statler Hall's…
Valdemar Velasquez was only 6 when he began working in the sugar beet fields of Ohio to help put food on his family's table.
He knew that his Mexican-born parents wanted more for him, but as impoverished migrant farmworkers…