Cornell professors Jon Kleinberg and Paul McEuen, and Weill Cornell professor Carl Nathan, M.D., are among 72 new members of the National Academy of Sciences, announced May 3. (May 5, 2011)
New research identified for the first time a random patterning mechanism that decides the size of cells found in the sepals – the leaf-like covering of petals in a bud – of flowering plants.
On Campus Sustainability Day, Oct. 20, CALS will launch CALS Green, an energy conservation and sustainability initiative to promote environmentally conscientious behavior among students, faculty and staff. (Sept. 27, 2010)
Knowledge Matters, a workshop series designed for Cornell faculty members and academic staff, is helping participants translate their research into a variety of digital media platforms.
Thirteen staff members received Employee Excellence Awards – three each in the individual, management, innovation and diversity categories, and one that stood 'Far Above.'
Famed jazz musician and composer Wynton Marsalis will visit Cornell in his role as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large, for classes, workshops and joining student musicians in a free concert in Bailey Hall March 28.
Mark P. Talbert, a senior lecturer in information systems at the School of Hotel Administration, died Oct. 19 at his home in Ithaca. He was 55. The funeral will be Oct. 25-26 in Pennsylvania.
A new study co-authored by Cornell's James Sethna and published in PLoS Computational Biology shows that making cells stop dividing does not stop tumor growth as previously believed. (Jan. 19, 2012)
In a recent survey of a representative sample of New York state residents, 58 percent said the high cost of health care is their biggest concern. That’s a rise of 12.6 percentage points from last year, according to a new study from the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures.