Two Cornell University faculty members are among the 187 new fellows elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in honor of their distinguished contributions to their professions. The two Cornell honorees, who will be inducted into the academy in October, are Peter Uwe Hohendahl, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of German and Comparative Literature, and Paul L. Houston, professor of chemistry and chemical biology and senior associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences. (May 12, 2003)
A molecule first identified by Weill Medical College of Cornell University scientists as useful in intra-cellular transport mechanisms appears to have another trick up its sleeve.
Bristol-Myers Squibb has awarded a five-year $500,000 'Freedom to Discover' Unrestricted Infectious Diseases Research Grant to Weill Medical College of Cornell for HIV/AIDS research focusing on the HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins and their functions during virus entry.
Almost globally, men are thought to be stumbling blocks to planned parenthood efforts. A Cornell researcher, however, has found that men around the world want to be involved but are given little chance to participate in family planning issues.
Seven Cornell students have been selected to participate in the inaugural Henry and Nancy Horton Bartels Undergraduate Action Research Fellowship Program.
Kenneth Evett, painter and professor emeritus of art at Cornell University, died May 28 in Ithaca. He was 91. A prolific painter, he exhibited in national group shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Paul Leon Hartman, a pioneering researcher and Cornell professor emeritus recognized by his colleagues for his grace and humility, died at his home at Kendal at Ithaca on May 20. He was 91. Hartman was one of the first to investigate the use of X-rays generated as a byproduct of high-energy electron accelerators.
Cornell announced Sept. 22 that the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education has closed its investigation of a complaint alleging that the University maintains racially- and ethnically-segregated residence halls.