Researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Report Findings of Phase I Clinical Trial of Monoclonal Antibody Treatment for Advanced Prostate Cancer.
Cornell gave Class of 1975 graduates in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) much more than vocational training in their respective fields, said eight alumni who were part of a special panel during Reunion Weekend.
Two Cornell scientists have been honored for their work: Riccardo Giovanelli, professor of astronomy, in astronomy and Watt W. Webb, professor of applied and engineering physics, in microscopy.
The seventh Cornell Council for the Arts Individual Grants exhibition opens Jan. 11 at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art on the Cornell University campus. The exhibition features the work of nine artists who were awarded the grants in either 1992, 1993 or 1994.
There are always ways to improve a situation and do things better than they've been done before, said Howard Milstein '73, the 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year, at the Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration. (April 14, 2008)
Cornell engineering professor Thomas O'Rourke has been named to a panel convened by the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering to study the effects of Hurricane Katrina and the adequacy of hurricane protection infrastructure in New Orleans. The committee will provide an independent review of the government's interagency investigation. (December 23, 2005)
The Southside Community Center Computer Lab at 305 S. Plain St. is open, thanks to grants from Cornell University and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency.
The Cornell Council for the Arts announced painter James Siena '79 will receive the 2009-10 Eissner Artist of the Year Award, and Dorian Bandy '10 the annual Cornell Undergraduate Artist Award. (June 16, 2009)
To highlight the growing importance of the study of genome variation and Cornell's expertise in the field, the university has launched the Cornell Center for Comparative and Population Genomics. (Oct. 29, 2008)
Peter C. Meinig, a 1962 graduate of Cornell University and chairman and chief executive officer of HM International Inc. of Tulsa, Okla., was unanimously elected chairman of the Cornell Board of Trustees at its first meeting of 2002 in New York City, Jan. 25. Meinig's one-year term begins July 1. He will succeed Harold Tanner, a 1952 Cornell graduate who has served as chairman since 1997. (January 28, 2002)