The Cornell Board of Trustees Executive Committee will meet in New York City on Thursday, June 26. The meeting will be held in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York, 6 East 44th St.
Soumitra Dutta, a professor of business and technology and founder and faculty director of a new-media and technology innovation lab at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, will become the 11th dean of Johnson July 1. (Jan. 9, 2012)
The Cornell University Board of Trustees approved a 2001-02 budget that calls for a 4.9 percent tuition increase for the endowed colleges at its meeting in New York City Saturday (Jan. 27, 2001).
New York, NY (June 27, 2003) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the release of a new computer model, developed by researchers in the Department of Public Health at Weill Cornell Medical College, that will help health officials better plan large-scale antibiotic dispensing and vaccination responses to bioterrorism and large-scale epidemics. Funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), this is the first such computer model that hospitals and public health agencies can easily download and customize to meet their local needs. The computer model will be made available to all 50 states and major U.S. cities in order to help them comply with Federal guidelines on preparedness for large-scale disasters.
The Executive Committee of the Cornell University Board of Trustees will hold a brief open session when it meets in Manhattan Thursday, April 8, at 12:30 p.m. at the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St. The public session will include a report from President Jeffrey Lehman and an update on the state budget. (April 02, 2004)
Weill Cornell Medical College has received a $100 million gift from longtime benefactors Joan and Sanford I. Weill to launch a $300 million capital campaign dedicated to using the most advanced scientific approaches to rapidly translate research breakthroughs into innovative treatments and therapies for patients.
James Siena '79 reflected on his Cornell years, life before the Internet and his development as an artist at an April 16 lecture at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. (April 20, 2010)
Noting that today's graduates have already made a difference in Ithaca and around the world, President David Skorton encouraged them to continue to embrace public engagement. (May 27, 2012)
"Things Fall Apart" is bringing people together. Nearly 5,000 students from 59 high schools in 17 New York counties and New York City will read Chinua Achebe's masterful novel "Things Fall Apart" as part of a statewide pilot program coordinated through Cornell Cooperative Extension and the 2005 New Student Reading Project at Cornell. In addition, 24,000 Cornell alumni from 31 class years also will join what has become an annual rite of passage for incoming freshman and transfer students at Cornell.