Thousands flocked to the Ag Quad Friday for a picnic to celebrate the inauguration of Elizabeth Garrett. The hard work of Cornell Dining and a number of local businesses resulted in a feast for all who came.
Fewer than 4 percent of the nation's firefighters are women, and more than half of paid fire departments have never hired a female firefighter, finds a new report issued by the ILR School's Institute for Women and Work. (May 5, 2008)
Wendy Wolford, Cornell’s vice provost for international affairs and the Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor of Global Development, discusses her background, interdisciplinary approach, the university’s support for students and faculty in international work, the Global Grand Challenge, the new Cornell China Center and more.
A search committee appointed by Cornell Board of Trustees Chair Bob Harrison will receive input from various constituencies on who should be the university's next leader. The 19-member committee includes faculty, students, staff, alumni and trustees.
The Big Idea Competition and the new first Student Business of the Year award are part of this year’s Entrepreneurship@Cornell’s Celebration conference, April 10-11.
On April 19, Cornell received 10,100 individual gifts, raising $6,105,484 for the university as part of Giving Day 2016. Gifts came from more than 40 countries and all 50 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.
Researchers at the Caryl and Israel Englander Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College use genomic sequencing to understand factors that drive disease development and identify treatments most likely to be effective for each patient.
As part of Cornell's Africa Initiative, students at Weill Cornell Medical College organized a forum on neglected diseases that included some of the most important names in global health. (Feb. 23, 2007)