President Martha E. Pollack congratulated Cornell doctoral candidates at the Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony in Barton Hall, urging them to be proud of their expertise.
Yimon Aye, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has won the Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research. The prize is $600,000 over three years.
A skirt to be showcased at Vancouver Fashion Week was directly inspired by Cornell physics research on using origami to tailor the mechanical properties of materials.
With an aim to create clean, renewable geothermal energy projects, and to cooperate in research and education, Cornell and Geothermal Resource Park Iceland have signed a memorandum of agreement.
Jorge "Popmaster Fabel" Pabon led the first of five workshops this semester at the Schwartz Center in the popping style he’s famous for, electric boogaloo.
David Lifka, director of the Cornell Center for Advanced Computing, has been named the university’s vice president for information technology and chief information officer, effective June 1.
At the Library Salon Oct. 7 in New York, several people affiliated with Moosewood discussed the restaurant's history and archives. The Moosewood collection was recently donated to Cornell Library. (Oct. 12, 2010)