President Martha E. Pollack recently spoke to the Chronicle about how universities innovate, the critical importance of free speech and academic expression on campus, and what has surprised her most about Cornell so far.
New York state has awarded a $1 million grant to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to help fund the construction of a clean and efficient cogeneration plant and help lower the hospital's energy costs.
The last few years have been trying for the financial industry, said banker and philanthropist Sanford Weill '55, but with strong leadership and smarter regulation, signs point toward a steady recovery. (June 12, 2010)
As high school seniors anxiously await the mailman each spring with hopes for an admission letter from a college or university of their choice, an offer from Cornell would qualify as a dream come true, according to findings from this year's Princeton Review survey of colleges. (March 28, 2006)
Cornell President David Skorton announced that $25 million from the family of John Dyson '65 will establish a new school - the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. (June 8, 2010)
A special 10-foot sound cube will be in the Kenneth Goldman Lounge of the Duffield Hall atrium Thursday, March 30, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., offering a unique, multichannel immersive sound environment.
The MorrowSound Cube, a 3-D…
Events on campus this week include animator Lewis Klahr, African musician Tony Bird, 'The Vagina Monologues' at Bailey Hall and Pancho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band in the Cornell Concert Series.
Milton Curry '88 looks back on his six years as director of the Cornell Council for the Arts and says he sees more opportunities for interdisciplinary intellectual engagement among faculty and students. (July 23, 2008)
With proper training, experts say, supervisors, union representatives or co-workers can help a victim of domestic violence while meeting the employer's responsibility to maintain a safe worksite. (Oct. 29, 2009)
Ira Mellman, the Sterling Professor of Cell Biology and Immunobiology, and chair of the Department of Cell Biology at Yale University's School of Medicine, will present a seminar, "Generation and Maintenance of Epithelial Cell Polarity," Friday, March 12, at 4 p.m. in Cornell University's Biotechnology Building, Room G10. The lecture is free and open to the public. The seminar is part of Cancer Biology Lectures, a formal series of seminars by outstanding cancer researchers hosted by the Cornell University/Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Partnership and Cornell's Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. (March 08, 2004)