Cornell has entered into an agreement with Ithaca College this summer to help its South Hill neighbor rapidly transition to providing complete in-house dining operations to its students by the start of the fall semester.
Graduate programs in computer science, chemistry, engineering and physics are among the nation's top 10, according to U.S. News and World Report's 2011 rankings. (April 15, 2010)
Applied physicist Watt W. Webb, the S.B. Eckert Professor of Engineering Emeritus and a pioneer in methods for imaging living biological systems, died Oct. 29. He was 93.
Nearly three years late, and amid speculation and some controversy, the National Research Council will release the gold standard of graduate school rankings Sept. 28. (Sept. 16, 2010)
The United Way of Tompkins County was the big winner in the second annual Apple Bake-off, held Nov. 9 at the Cornell Orchards Store, raising $979 and attracting a field of 20 participants.
The Cornell College of Business is on track to launch in the coming academic year, said Dean Soumitra Dutta. Open forums about next steps will be held over the next two weeks for faculty, staff, students and alumni.
Cornell has been ranked eighth in Web traffic and popularity among the top 200 college and university sites ranked by a higher education search engine. (Jan. 18, 2010)