Cornell will accept the Universal College Application as well as the Common Application from prospective freshmen and transfer students seeking admission. The university also has extended the regular decision deadline one week to Jan. 9, 2014.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Cornell $175,000 to offer a John E. Sawyer Seminar on the comparative study of cultures; it will focus on political will.
James Mwangi, CEO of African bank Equity Group Holdings – a banking conglomerate with the largest customer base on the African continent - spoke on campus Sept. 22 about his business philosophy.
Associate professor of city and regional planning Stephan Schmidt led students in a data collection workshop in Tanzania, with benefits for public health, wildlife conservation and land tenure.
The Council for Aid to Education, in an annual survey of colleges and universities, has ranked Cornell University seventh nationally for gifts in 2012-13, when the university received $475 million for that fiscal year.
Darrell Schlom, the Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor of Industrial Chemistry in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
A national effort to rethink how graduate students in science, technology, engineering and math fields are trained was the topic of a Feb. 14 American Association for the Advancement of Science panel that included remarks from Bruce Lewenstein, Cornell professor of science communication.
At its January meeting, the Cornell Board of Trustees approved planning parameters for the university's 2017-18 budget, including tuition and housing and dining rates.
President David J. Skorton issued a statement saying, "The thoughts, concern, and goodwill of the entire Cornell University community turn today toward the Philippines."