Cornell biomedical engineers have developed specialized white blood cells – dubbed "super natural killer cells" – that seek out cancer cells in lymph nodes with only one purpose: destroy them.
Students have launched Practice Makes Perfect, a nonprofit student organization that pairs high school students with fifth-graders for summer mentoring. (Dec. 7, 2011)
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Joanne DeStefano discusses her newly expanded role, Cornell's financial challenges and being a part of the university's new leadership team.
Professor emeritus of development sociology Joseph Mayone Stycos, who taught at Cornell for 43 years, died June 24 at Kendal at Ithaca. He founded the International Population Program in 1962 and directed it for 30 years.
Richard Holbrooke, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 1999 to 2001, spoke at the Cornell Club in New York City, Oct. 30, about his experience in Bosnia and how it relates to Iraq. (Nov. 2, 2007)
Irene B. Rosenfeld '75, M.S. '77, Ph.D. '80, and daughter Allison Rosenfeld '08 will be presented with Cornell Hillel's Tanner Prize June 4. (June 1, 2010)
Cornell has co-founded a global coalition to help preserve the world's most important ecosystems. The coalition will create new opportunities for private investment in conservation and sustainable development.
Two Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members, Dr. Francis Lee and Dr. Jane Salmon, were elected to National Academy of Medicine, it was announced Oct. 17.
The framework establishes roles of units involved with technology development and commercialization, development of strategic alliances, advancement of student entrepreneurship and promotion of regional economic development.
Cornell students and faculty participated in a series of programs celebrating Indonesian culture from Dec. 7-12 at the New York Public Library. (Dec. 15, 2009)