Bruce Wallace, professor emeritus of genetics, died Jan. 12 in Blacksburg, Virginia, at the age of 94 from a stroke-related illness. Wallace taught at Cornell from 1958 to 1981.
The Clinical and Translational Science Center, in collaboration with the medical student group Tech-in-Medicine, hosted its first hackathon, the 3-D Printing Innovation Challenge, over the course of several days in May.
Frederick Burgess, recently the commanding officer of Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Washington, D.C., has been named vice president for infrastructure, properties and planning at Cornell. His appointment begins Sept. 1.
Bruce Levitt delivered the Engaged Scholar Prize lecture Oct. 28 about his time with the Phoenix Players Theatre Group and his corresponding documentary, "Human Again."
The Task Force on Cornell’s Global Presence and Partnerships will soon begin work to establish international partnerships. It will consider the feasibility of establishing permanent physical bureaus around the world.
Doctoral students in Cornell Engineering’s Commercialization Fellowship are developing tools to compress laser pulses, separate blood plasma and 3D print living tissue.
James Boodley, professor emeritus of floriculture and ornamental horticulture and a potting mix pioneer, died Feb. 12 in Kent, Ohio. Cornell Mix transformed the greenhouse industry in the 1960s.
Roger Moseley's new book, "Keys to Play: Music as a Ludic Medium from Apollo to Nintendo," considers the playing of keyboards as a primary mode of musical behavior.
The Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce hosted the leaders of three area universities, including Cornell, who described ways in which their institutions benefit the economy and society of New York state’s Southern Tier region.
Assistant professor of architecture Jenny Sabin has received a 2014 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers, for a portfolio of her work.