The university’s 8,000 staff members, whose expertise ranges from counseling to cooking to carpentry, are integral to Cornell’s mission as a land-grant university and its positive impact on the world, President Martha E. Pollack said in her third annual address to staff Oct. 10.
Among the statistics compiled by the Princeton Review, which just named Cornell to its list of the best 373 colleges:Best campus food #5Best college library #5Best career services #16Best college newspaper …
The Southeast Asia Program and Cornell University Press (CUP) have entered a new collaborative venture for publication of scholarship on Southeast Asia in books and in the journal Indonesia.
Scientists will discuss ways to use computer power to solve problems in ecology and conservation at the Fourth International Conference on Computational Sustainability, July 6-8.
Obama administration official Mohamed Abdel-Kader said in a May 10 on speech on campus that multilingualism and the ability to understand cultures helps in solving global crises such as climate change and military conflicts.
The Cornell Forensics Society took on PETA Vice President Dan Mathews on the topic of whether sex and celebrities be used to promote social change, Oct. 29. (Nov. 2, 2012)
Women haven’t reached parity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines, but progressive policies could help, said Sharon Sassler at the Empowering Women in Science and Engineering Symposium.
About 2,000 middle and high school students will show their science and engineering acumen at the 35th annual Science Olympiad National Tournament, May 31-June 1 at Cornell.
The Humanities Scholars Conference, May 10 at the A.D. White House, featured 28 undergraduate research and thesis presentations and laid groundwork for an interdisciplinary humanities scholars program.