Cornell alumnus Jeffrey P. Parker will be honored by Cornell as the 2001 Entrepreneur of the Year. Parker has been credited with fundamentally changing the way information is transmitted in financial services and the corporate world. He will deliver a talk Friday, Oct. 12.
Clothes come in special sizes for wide women, short women and young women, but none are specially tailored for older women whose body changes can include a forward head and neck angle, forward shoulder roll, back curvature, increase in girth and a decrease in height.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first clinical trial in humans of brightly glowing 'Cornell Dots' to aid in diagnosing and treating cancer. (Jan. 31, 2011)
John Silcox, the David E. Burr Professor of Engineering, will begin Oct. 1 serving as interim director of the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility.
A chemistry symposium in honor of the 75th birthday of Harold Scheraga, Cornell University professor of chemistry emeritus, will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, in Baker Laboratory on the Cornell campus.
President Skorton outlined the progress made on strategic plan initiatives and the work that yet remains, while looking toward the sesquicentennial, in his State of the University Address, Oct. 26. (Oct. 26, 2012)
The Mars rover Opportunity's two-year exploration of Victoria Crater has yielded a wealth of information about the planet's history. On the other side of the planet, Spirit is stuck in Martian soil. (May 22, 2009)
Amid the challenges of shifting to virtual learning, students and faculty found opportunities for innovation, connection and intellectual growth. Here are snapshots of six courses that took creative approaches to their online formats.
Stephen Paletta '87, winner of the reality TV show 'Oprah's Big Give' in April 2008, is helping to organize a service-learning trip to Rwanda for eight Cornell students starting June 4. (May 19, 2009)
Theories behind people's eating habits and ideas on revamping hospital inventory management were just two of the nearly 100 Cornell undergraduate research topics featured April 18 in Duffield Hall. (April 20, 2007)