Grow-NY, announced May 31 by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will be one of the largest food and agriculture business competitions in the nation, supporting innovative startups in food production and agriculture.
Emeritus professor Franklin Kingston Moore, who was awarded a NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, died on Nov. 21 in Ithaca. A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Moore was 94.
The Humanities Scholars Conference, May 10 at the A.D. White House, featured 28 undergraduate research and thesis presentations and laid groundwork for an interdisciplinary humanities scholars program.
U.S. News and World Report has placed Cornell at the top of its rankings for best undergraduate engineering science/engineering physics program for the second year in a row. In overall rankings, Cornell tied for 12th place. (Aug. 18, 2006)
Nominations for the Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate opened this week: Peer nominations are due Wednesday, Nov. 15, and all self-nominations are due Friday, Nov. 17.
From higher education’s affordability problem, to the meaningfulness of student service trips abroad, to a balanced view of Washington politics, Bill Gates, visiting campus for the first time in a decade, touched on a little of everything during a public Q&A.
Cornell will establish a new Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, thanks to $1 million in state funding.
Three seniors and leaders of the Society of Women Engineers’ student section at Cornell have co-authored “Wall of Wonder: Cornell Women Leading the Way in Science, Technology and Engineering,” a book that spotlights 27 alumnae and is set to publish in June.
Cornell is the top-rated Ivy League school in Washington Monthly's third annual college rankings, and is cited in The Princeton Review's survey of the 366 best colleges. (Aug. 23, 2007)