Online events and Cornell resources include a choral music listening party, a staff community chat, student work from Rome, gardening classes for kids, and virtual auditions for a fall production of “How I Learned to Drive.”
Two tiny wasps have been found in Geneva, N.Y.: One hasn't been seen on this continent since its initial discovery by Cornell scientists in 1915, and the other has never been seen here.
A new universitywide minor in business, sponsored by four Cornell colleges, will be available to all undergraduates in the spring 2013 semester. (Oct. 18, 2012)
At Cornell’s largest-ever winter graduate recognition ceremony, President Martha E. Pollack congratulated more than 540 graduates and encouraged them to continue to explore different perspectives through reading.
Anne LaBastille, ’55, Ph.D. ’69 inspired generations of women to enter the natural sciences with her Thoreau-inspired “Woodswoman” series of books. Now her estate will support doctoral-level women studying conservation or natural resources.
Provost Michael Kotlikoff, professor of veterinary medicine, has collaborated with researchers from Germany and the University of Pittsburgh on a novel procedure for correcting heart arrhythmia.
With the state’s dairy industry tearing through an economic boom, Cornell hosted the second New York State Yogurt and Dairy Summit Oct. 15, featuring Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy, Agriculture and about 100 industry and government leaders.
Alumni Peter and Stephanie Nolan have endowed the David J. Nolan Directorship of the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell. Professor Loren Tauer will hold the position.
CALS Dean Kathryn Boor's lecture celebrating Cornell Cooperative Extension's centennial focused on the importance of science in everyday life and CCE's role in engaging people of all ages in its application.