With a new NIH grant, investigators in the Tuberculosis Research Unit hope to catalyze research findings made in the lab and at Weill Cornell's GHESKIO clinic in Haiti into new, effective agents to replace current TB therapies.
John Ochsendorf '96, an MIT associate professor, and stage lighting designer Jennifer Tipton '58 have each won $500,000, no-strings-attached fellowships from the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation. (Sept. 23, 2008)
Senior Nahshon Garrett won his first national title and junior Gabe Dean earned his second consecutive title in front of a frenzied, sold-out Madison Square Garden March 19 at the 2016 NCAA Wrestling Championships.
Cornell's Bioacoustics Research Program helped confirm, for the first time in New York coastal waters, the voices of singing blue whales. (May 28, 2009)
The 30th Annual Northeast Regional Summer School for Union Women took place on Cornell University's campus Aug. 7-12, in association with the United Association of Labor Education (UALE) and Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
Chemical codes that control the behavior of normal and malignant cells have been identified and may lead to more precise treatment for people with leukemia.
Events this week include the Lab of Ornithology's centennial open house, a student fiber arts exhibition, a celebration of M.H. Abrams and a Science Cabaret with mycologist Kathie Hodge.
Acclaimed educator, designer and author Dagmar Richter has been appointed to chair the Department of Architecture, effective July 1. She comes to Cornell from UCLA. (May 13, 2009)
Events on campus this week include a women's hockey game supporting the United Way, concerts and films, and a lecture on climate change and natural gas by a leading environmentalist.
The Law School professor has been appointed 'special master' by Southern District Judge Alvin Hellerstein to investigate the lawsuits regarding respiratory illnesses of workers cleaning up the World Trade Center site after Sept. 11, 2001. (Jan. 26, 2007)