On May 21, the Cornell Merrill Presidential Scholars Program honored 33 outstanding graduating seniors and the high school teachers and university faculty members who made important contributions to the students' lives.
City University of New York professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore delivered the Krieger Lecture at Cornell March 2 on "Organized Abandonment and Organized Violence: Devolution and the Police."
Cornell has moved up one spot in the annual college rankings from U.S. News and World Report, which places the university at No. 15, up from 16 last year, out of 280 schools that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors along with master’s and doctoral degrees.
In compliance with a new New York state law, Cornell University will notify anyone whose personal data may have been compromised by a computer break-in. (December 06, 2005)
Alyssa B. Apsel of Cornell University has been named the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Apsel, an assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering since July 1.
Cornell has received support from Microsoft Corp. to develop and test new technology that could help protect computers from viruses and other malicious code downloaded from the Internet.
Events this week include BOOM, showcasing student tech research; a lecture on C.S. Lewis, a debate on fracking, an electronic music symposium, statistician Nate Silver and Anonymous 4 in Sage Chapel.
The Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics has named David Mermin, the Horace White Professor of Physics Emeritus, 'Best Person in Physics' for 2010. (Aug. 16, 2011)
In honor of the Dalai Lama's October visit, Cornell Library is exploring the different schools of Buddhism across Asia with an exhibition and lecture series, 'Bridging Worlds: Buddhist Words and Works.' (Sept. 28, 2007)