In its efforts to land the 2012 Olympic Games, New York City has turned to Cornell University for help. To complete its application, the city has asked Cornell's Center for the Environment to put together a plan for conducting a global impact study and a team of prominent environmental.
Trustee Emeritus Martin Tang ’70 – a longtime Cornell volunteer and ambassador – and his family have made a gift to name the Martin Y. Tang Welcome Center, renovating and repurposing Noyes Lodge, which overlooks Beebe Lake.
President Martha E. Pollack updated the campus on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the university. She has established four committees that will develop recommendations for reactivating the university and for saving resources.
Cornell researchers have identified a type of immune system cell that prevents a patient’s body from attacking donor cells after a bone marrow transplant.
Events this week include a climate rally, talks and films on climate change; a play depicting a soccer team’s coming of age; and a celebration of Korean language and culture.
A transformative new scholarship program established by Weill Cornell Medicine will eliminate medical education debt for all students who qualify for financial aid, the institution announced Sept. 16.
Robin L. Davisson, Cornell professor of biomedical sciences, has been elected to the Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences. (Nov. 14, 2007)
Madelyn F. Wessel, university counsel at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been named university counsel and secretary of the corporation for Cornell University. The first woman to hold the position, Wessel will start May 8.