Dr. Laurie Glimcher, a leading physician-scientist and researcher, has been named Cornell's provost for medical affairs and the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean at Weill Cornell Medical College effective Jan. 1, 2012. (Sept. 7, 2011)
This summer, a new joint graduate program in chemical biology will open its doors to welcome nine students in its entering class to the world of biomedical science in New York City.
Minimally Invasive New Technologies Program (MINT) at Weill Cornell Medical College teamed with entrepreneurs to establish Lumendi, a start-up producing endoscopic tools for gastrointestinal surgery.
Cornell Tech's Open Studio, at which prospective graduates present ideas for apps, start-up businesses and other inventions, attracted 500 people May 20 in Manhattan.
The College of Human Ecology graduate is coordinating a new national program, Coach for America, that will one day place thousands of trained coaches into schools, nonprofit organizations and clubs. (Dec. 4, 2008)
Hundreds of unions representing workers in the global transport industry agreed to take significant steps to counter climate change at a conference in Mexico City last month. (Sept. 1, 2010)
Cornell has long been a leader in ethnic-related identity studies, with programs in Africana studies; Asian American studies;Latina/o studies; Jewish studies; and American Indian studies.
Weill Cornell Medicine doctoral candidates Kaitlyn Gayvert and Neel Madhukar have been named to Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30” list of young change agents in 20 professional fields.