The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today (Sept. 20) named Jon Kleinberg, Cornell professor of computer science, among the 25 new MacArthur Fellows - the so-called "Genius Awards" - for 2005. He will receive $500,000 in no-strings-attached support over the next five years.
Nominations for the 2006 Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of 1956 Professorship are now being sought from all from all members of the Cornell community, including faculty, staff, students, alumni and Cornell groups and organizations.
The 204 students from Tulane, Xavier and the University of New Orleans have begun to blend into the campus, and Cornell President Hunter Rawlings has issued a new leave policy for faculty and staff involved in Katrina relief efforts.
Eighteen prominent hospitality executives and 12 faculty members at Cornell's School of Hotel Administration analyzed the quality of leadership at the 2005 Leadership Roundtable Sept. 8 in the Statler Hotel.
Robert Young '82, a visiting lecturer in city and regional planning and executive director of the New Jersey Office of Sustainability, discussed his vision for rebuilding New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, Sept. 15.
Two projects by the Cornell Office of Publications and Marketing have won top prizes in the 2005 University and College Design Association competition.
Cornell will mark Constitution Day on Friday, Sept. 23, with a program in Goldwin Smith Hall featuring President Hunter R. Rawlings and government Professor Isaac Kramnick.
Cornell researchers have discovered the 3-D structure of a protein, human CD38, which may lead to important information about how cells release calcium - a mineral used in almost every cellular process.