Larry Lin ’12 and the Cornell Local Roads Program received a National Roadway Safety Award Nov. 6 for their invention of an inexpensive way to assess the functioning of road signs.
In recognition of the cumulative and consistent impact of her veterinary and volunteer work in and around her hometown, Barbara Mix, CVM ’82, was named the newest recipient the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award.
Deborah Estrin, professor of computer science at Cornell Tech and of healthcare policy and research at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded a 2018 MacArthur Foundation fellowship for her innovative work using mobile devices and data to address social challenges.
President Martha Pollack issued updates May 2 on the Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate; the Consensual Relationships Policy Committee; and the President’s Visioning Committee on Cornell in New York City.
The rules for faculty, staff and students to plan and hold outdoor events on campus, including protests and demonstrations, have been authorized by President Elizabeth Garrett as university policy.
The benefits open enrollment period for endowed faculty and staff began Nov. 1 and runs through Nov. 30. The annual Benefair will be held Nov. 9, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at G10 Biotechnology Building. (Nov. 1, 2011)
The Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellows Nomination Committee seeks nominations of tenured faculty for the award from faculty, academic staff and students.
Cornell University Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning received a $130,000 grant to prepare future STEM faculty to be great researchers and teachers.
Fifteen veterans are leveraging the tenacity and problem-solving skills they learned in the military at the 2017 Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities, sponsored by the School for Hotel Administration.