Fiction writer Manuel Muñoz, MFA '98, has received a Whiting Writers' Award worth $50,000. The awards were presented Oct. 29 in New York City. (Nov. 4, 2008)
Joel Perlman, BFA '65, was 14 when he decided to become a sculptor. He was a scrappy scholarship kid at Fieldston School in the Bronx then, hard hit by the recent, sudden death of his father from a heart attack at 47.
To help…
Another weapon in the arsenal against cancer has been invented at Cornell: nanoparticles that identify, target and kill specific cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone. (March 9, 2010)
A panel of four Cornellians discussed the challenges surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, May 2 at the annual, student-sponsored annual Sick in America series. (May 5, 2011)
Brian Hanrahan, a faculty fellow in the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance, studies old radio recordings and teaches Weimar cinema, media theory and sound art. (Nov. 8, 2011)
The Cornell Board of Trustees, at its meeting in New York City Saturday, Jan. 24, approved a 1998-99 budget that calls for a 4.3 percent tuition increase for the endowed colleges.
Legendary insurance mogul Maurice R. Greenberg and his wife, Corinne, were honored at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine April 11 at the dedication of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suite bearing their name. Funded by…
Weill Cornell's Scott Blanchard has developed technology that can observe drug activity in a solitary molecule while in motion. The development may lead to newer, safer drug therapies. (Feb. 16, 2010)
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Seven locations in the Northeast set snowfall records for the winter season, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University. Records fell in New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Hartford, Conn., Providence, R.I., Dulles Airport, Va., outside Washington, D.C., and Charleston, W.Va.
At a June 12 presentation, University Archivist Elaine Engst revealed Cornell's historical secrets to about 55 members of the Alumni Affairs and Development staff.