Cornell University and its Center for Transformative Action will received a 2016 Ashoka U-Cordes Innovation Award recognizing top higher education approaches to social entrepreneurship.
An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.
The annual Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Emergencies (CARE) Fund online auction raised $8,000 in November. Gifts to the fund are accepted year-round. (Dec. 3, 2012)
Shoshana Das ’16 has been awarded a Goldwater scholarship, the premier undergraduate award of its type in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.
Thirteen research institutions joined the SoAR Foundation today in calling for a surge in federal support of food and agricultural science. A recent report illustrates how U.S. ag production is losing ground to China.
Joe De Sena '90, co-founder of Spartan Race series of extreme athletic competitions, brought the race to campus Sept. 5 and made gifts from the proceeds to Student and Campus Life and athletics.
A letter by Ezra Cornell, who met Abraham Lincoln on the eve of his inauguration, reflects the founder's plain-spoken optimism. The letter will be on display Saturday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Kroch Library.
U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer announced a commitment of $400,000 to the Federal Golden Nematode Laboratory at Cornell Sept. 1. The lab is the "front line of defense" against pests that pose a threat to New York’s $65 million potato industry.
President Martha E. Pollack sent a message to the Cornell community Sept. 5, following the Trump administration announcement that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is being rescinded.