For the second consecutive year, Cornell has earned a gold rating from STARS, higher education's Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System.
LeNorman Strong, assistant vice president for student and academic services at Cornell since 1998, is leaving Cornell to take a position at the University of California-Berkley. (March 4, 2009)
Open to all, program houses can enhance students' academic learning, offer unique resources, activities and community service opportunities, and provide a sense of belonging within the giant Cornell community. (May 2, 2007)
From food waste reduction to secrets found in medical imaging data, Elena Belavina, Charles Danko, Leslie Lok and Mert Sabuncu bring their expertise to Cornell.
A new one-credit course, The First American University, covers Cornell's history as a coeducational, nonsectarian institution and a multitude of factoids on Cornell lore.
"Why do all the black students live in Ujamaa?"
"My roommate is a queer." … "Yeah, I know -- he's my boyfriend."
"The guy wanted $50 for this jacket, but I jewed him down."
"Freaking Asians, always wrecking the curve in my math…
Cornell researchers have improved a technique called association mapping that identifies the genetic origins of complex traits, from disease to crop yields to milk yields, controlled by multiple genes.