John Neuman, a Cornell University alumnus and president and chief executive officer of 1492 Consulting Group, has been named interim CEO of eCornell, the university's for-profit distance-learning subsidiary, it was announced today, Nov. 11, by the eCornell office. Neuman succeeds Francis P. Pandolfi, who joined eCornell as its first CEO in September 2000. Pandolfi resigned recently for health reasons. (November 11, 2002)
Beginning with a trip to the Tompkins County Public Library, Cornell President Jeffrey Lehman's Inauguration Day Oct. 16 in Ithaca will be a community affair that will feature distinguished speakers.
The Cornell men's basketball team clinched its second-straight Ivy League title March 6 by defeating the University of Pennsylvania, 83-59. (March 8, 2009)
From conflict resolution to labor and employment law to a hands-on labor law clinic, Cornell's Law School and School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) are forging innovative cross-campus collaborations with strong outreach…
NEW YORK -- Last fall two students at Weill Cornell Medical College -- Brant W. Ullery '08 and Avnish Deobhakta '08 -- founded the Medical Students for the Advancement of Transplantation (MSAT) to raise awareness about organ donation for medical students and the public alike, and to build a support system among organ donors and recipients. At the inaugural meeting May 5, the students invited Rob Kochik, clinical director of the New York Organ Donor Network, to describe scenarios in which organ donation could save a life.
A seemingly simple, sturdy, wood-veneer chair has become an online video hit. With its 'brain' in its seat, the chair collapses into a disheveled, disconnected heap; its legs then slowly find each corner of the base, connect back together and eventually, the chair stands upright.
Cornell Cooperative Extension will present Ralph L. Snodsmith, president of R.L. Snodsmith Ornamental Horticulturist Inc. and a radio and television personality, with the 1998 Friend of Cornell Cooperative Extension Award at a celebratory reception Monday, Oct. 5.
Francisco Valero-Cuevas, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell, has been awarded a $239,992 research grant by the Whitaker Foundation to study the human thumb.
Neal Freeman '97 directs the award-winning play about Vincent Van Gogh, 'Vincent in Brixton,' at Cornell's Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Feb. 1-5, 8-11.