Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) promptly reached out after Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast. WCMC honored its commitment to supporting health care in areas in crisis by mounting a threefold response on behalf of Katrina victims.
Officials from the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan's largest agricultural research institute, signed a memorandum of understanding Oct. 10 to foster research collaborations with Cornell University. (October 18, 2005)
'You are the unsung heroes and heroines of our society,' media star Katie Couric, co-anchor of NBC's 'Today' show, said in a moving speech to doctors and other health-care professionals gathered to discuss crucial updates and issues in gastrointestinal cancers.
Laurance and Nancy Fuller are issuing an implicit challenge to others to support Cornell. They have made a multimillion-dollar lead gift to the university to name the H. Laurance and Nancy L. Fuller Learning Center.
Two Cornell experts on climate and atmospheric sciences agree that restoring New Orleans to the way it was isn't worthwhile. The city would need to be built differently.
Cornell's Board of Trustees and the Cornell University Council will hold their annual meeting on the Ithaca campus, Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 20-22.