The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy has awarded a $1.6 million grant to the ILR School's technical assistance center for employers on employment of people with disabilities. (Oct. 6, 2009)
Squyres, principal scientific investigator for the Mars Exploration Rover mission, has received the 2009 Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society. (Oct. 5, 2009)
With a five-year, $10 million grant, Cornell will bring educators together from different backgrounds, including urban areas, to exchange ideas and resources, and form social networks. (Aug. 12, 2011)
Cornell professor and graduate student develop computer analysis to help New York City bike-sharing system improve efficiency and put bikes where they will get the most use. Student wins award for paper on subject.
In a banner year for fundraising, Cornell University raised $672.9 million in fiscal 2015 that ended June 30, vaulting the Cornell Now campaign above $6 billion and setting new records for dollars raised and participation.
A survey of doctors on both sides of the border finds physicians in Ontario, Canada, spend almost $60,000 less per year on interacting with insurers. (Aug. 4, 2011)
Ben Justus '08 is founder of the EGBOK (Everything's Gonna Be OK) Mission, a philanthropic organization to support education for children and young adults in the developing world. (Sept. 21, 2009)
Cornell's Thomas Burr presented a new model to growers to fund agricultural research in response to immediate problems, such as infestations, in the wake of reduced government support.
Collegetown ART (Art, Recycling and Trash), a project of the student-run Sustainability Hub at Cornell, has raised money for new trash and recycling cans in Collegetown that will feature local art. (May 19, 2010)