U.S. News and World Report ranked Cornell first in the country among undergraduate engineering science/engineering physics programs. Cornell was also ranked No. 14 worldwide by QS. (Sept. 12, 2012)
Vice President Joe Biden, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in January, will give the keynote address at this year's Senior Convocation, during Cornell's 149th Commencement Weekend.
Kirstin Petersen, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is among 22 early-career researchers honored with a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
The Global Innovation Index 2014, a report co-authored by Johnson Dean Soumitra Dutta, identifies Europe and sub-Saharan Africa as current centers of innovation.
Cornell's programs in undergraduate and graduate architecture, graduate landscape architecture and graduate interior design have been ranked in the Top 5 in DesignIntelligence's annual survey. (Nov. 20, 2012)
For the third year running, U.S. News and World Report ranked Cornell's graduate engineering, overall, as the 10th best in the nation. (March 15, 2012)
W.E. Cornell, a campus program that aims to even the playing field by providing women with networking, mentoring and training opportunities, has accepted 40 new participants – nearly double the size of last year’s cohort.
Cornell's Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management ranks No. 3 in Bloomberg Businessweek's 2012 ranking of 'The Best Undergraduate Business Schools.' (March 21, 2012)
According to the Global Information Technology Report 2016, co-authored by Dean Soumitra Dutta, seven countries are excelling at reaping economic benefits from investments in information and communications technologies.
HispanicBusiness.com has ranked Cornell's College of Engineering No. 10 among best schools for Hispanic diversity of engineering graduate students. (Sept. 4, 2012)