Cornell's Graduate Program in Medieval Studies appoints no faculty of its own. Yet faculty from 13 departments within the College of Arts and Sciences choose, out of love, to devote their time and energy to the program and its extremely diverse and dedicated group of students.
Faculty members from such fields as engineering, biology, architecture and communication are using academic courses this fall to evaluate options for a cleaner, greener Cornell campus. (Oct. 4, 2007)
This regular column, written by Cornell alumni, will follow the progress of the five-year, $4 billion fund-raising campaign announced by President David Skorton in October 2006. (Jan. 24, 2007)
Donald F. Smith, the Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, will end his 10-year deanship in June 2007 to return to the veterinary faculty.
Smith, who was appointed by Cornell President Hunter Rawlings in April…
Events on campus this week include sustainability expert/graduate student Annie Leonard with 'The Story of Stuff;' the annual Pao Bhangra show; films about bees and AIDS; the 22nd Cornell Jazz Festival and a climate readiness conference.
Astronomy professor Donald Campbell will succeed Robert Brown as director of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, the Cornell center that manages NSF's Arecibo Observatory, effective June 1. (May 1, 2008)
Events this week include Jason and Alicia Hall Moran in Barnes Hall; 'Chasing Ice' at Cornell Cinema, a community project with artists and survivors of assault, and the American Indian Program's 30th anniversary conference.
Katie Whalen transferred to Cornell as a sophomore from Villanova University, but soon found ways to fit in and take advantage of the many social and academic opportunities on the Ithaca campus.
Researchers at Cornell and elsewhere have determined that 97.9 percent of all white rice comes from a mutation in a single gene and that early farmers favored, bred and spread white rice around the world. (Aug. 16, 2007)
Twenty years ago, the most popular video games were made by teenage computer gurus in their spare time. With a knack for computer programming and some enthusiasm, anybody could be making the next best game.
Not anymore. The video…