Cornell will honor its first-ever 80th Reunion class and philanthropist Chuck Feeney '56 will give the annual Olin Lecture June 10 in Bailey Hall, as part of Reunion 2011 weekend, June 9-12. (June 2, 2011)
Philson Warner, an extension associate with Cornell's Cooperative Extension in New York City, has set up a hydroponics lab for teen inmates at the Rikers Island jail. (Feb. 25, 2009)
Restaurateur Dan Barber, who writes on food and agricultural policy and promotes sustainable practices to achieve the best taste in farm and garden-grown foods, will speak in Call Auditorium. (March 17, 2011)
Emphasizing links between the Ithaca and New York City campuses, alumni joined trustees, administrators and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the Weill Cornell Medical College Oct. 26 to launch the 'public phase' of the university's $4 billion campaign.
Young Mi Park '79 offered entrepreneurial ideas for fostering career success Dec. 7 at the New York Public Library's Science, Industry and Business Library on Madison Avenue.
A $4 million, four-year grant will support a new research center to develop improved treatments for middle-age and older adults suffering from depression.
Staff and faculty from a variety of Cornell research centers traveled to New York to spend three days providing underrepresented populations with research-based science education programming. (May 16, 2007)
Eight faculty members from four colleges were honored recently with awards from the Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantship program, allowing them to expand courses or add teaching assistants.
New imaging methods that allow researchers to track the individual protein molecules on the surface of cells offer unprecedented insight into how cells sense and respond to their environments.
Cornell celebrates its 143rd Graduation Weekend, May 28-29. Rudolph Giuliani will give the Senior Convocation Address May 28, and President David Skorton will deliver the Commencement Address May 29. (May 23, 2011)