In a landmark national election Jan. 16, Taiwan elected Tsai Ing-wen, LL.M. '80, its next president. The first woman and the second Cornellian to hold Taiwan's highest office, she will assume the presidency May 20.
The steroid dexamethasone could potentially deter the growth of a prostate cancer subtype previously thought to be difficult to treat with medications.
At its December meeting, the Council of Graduate Schools named Vice Provost and Graduate School Dean Barbara Knuth chair-elect. She will serve a one-year term as board chair in 2015.
Cornell University President Martha E. Pollack's first Commencement address and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's Senior Convocation address highlight Cornell's 149th Commencement Weekend, May 27-28.
Time, says Shelley Wong, "is socially constructed, continually made and remade in culturally specific ways." Wong’s book project focuses on race, time and narrative.
For superb support, inclusion policies, counseling and campus safety, Cornell University has been awarded a top-25 spot in the Campus Pride Index – an online tool analyzing LGBTQ-friendly campuses.
Dining with Diverse Minds received the 21st annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony March 17 in Willard Straight Hall. Honorable mentions went to the Faculty Institute for Diversity and Breaking Bread.
Sarah Murray received the Robert and Helen Appel Fellowship for Humanists and Social Scientists, and Linda Nicholson received the Robert A. and Donna B. Paul Academic Advising Award May 28.