Decade of Challenge: From developing artificial skin to relieving chronic pain in the elderly, research collaborations between the Ithaca and New York City campuses are improving the quality of life.
Nine graduate students have been chosen to be part of the Cornell chapter of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. The students were inducted at the annual Bouchet conference, March 30-31. (April 2, 2012)
Institute for the Social Sciences grants support several faculty research projects in human development, government, communication, engineering and anthropology.
The Executive Committee of the Cornell University Board of Trustees will hold a brief open session when it meets Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St., New York City.
Cornell's first president, Andrew D. White, and his successors, saw medicine as a crucial university offering, and courses in the medical sciences were first offered in 1878. (Sept. 20, 2007)
Pamela Wallin, Canadian consul general in New York City, will speak on the topic "The Media and Diplomacy: Influencing Public Perceptions of Canada-U.S. Relations" on the Cornell campus Thursday, Jan. 23.
Eight research teams from Cornell's Ithaca and New York City campuses each received $50,000 toward projects that could lead to medical advances in areas from genetics to organ transplants. (April 18, 2007)
Patricia Watson '83, senior associate vice president of alumni affairs and development, has been named senior vice president for university advancement at Brown University. She will begin the position Dec. 1. (Oct. 3, 2012)
Cornell Cooperative Extension has become a driving force behind a surge in New York’s Farm to School initiatives. The programs stock school cafeterias with fresh, local foods and offer farmers an expanded market for their goods.