Cornell has again been recognized as a best place to work by Working Mother magazine and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, and received 'promising' marks by the Families and Work Institute. (Sept. 19, 2012)
The Cornell-affiliated GHESKIO clinic in Port-au-Prince has been awarded the 2010 Gates Award for Global Health for its years of groundbreaking work on HIV/AIDS and other related illnesses. (May 18, 2010)
Rembrandt van Rijn’s art and artistic practice have fascinated scholars and collectors for centuries. His printmaking methods, and prints from across hiscareer, are revealed as an inspirational resource for research and teaching in a new exhibition of his etchings at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
At the Sept. 12 Faculty Senate meeting, Provost Kent Fuchs updated faculty on various university topics, including his acceptance of the revised academic calendar the senate had ratified in May.
The archives of The Atlantic Philanthropies, among the world’s largest and most influential foundations, will be housed permanently at Cornell. The archives document roughly $8 billion in Atlantic grants over three decades.
More than 100 Cornell students spent their spring break tackling such issues as urban poverty and hunger on service-learning trips in a number of different places on the East Coast. (April 2, 2009)
The Cornell Board of Trustees Executive Committee will meet in New York City on Thursday, Sept. 11. The meeting will be held in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St., at 2 p.m.