Evan Earle ’02, M.S. ’14, the newly appointed Dr. Peter J. Thaler ’56 Cornell University Archivist, comes from a Cornell family and from an early age has immersed himself in Cornelliana.
About 6,000 graduates will receive their degrees this weekend, May 23-24. Obama strategist David Plouffe is the Convocation speaker May 23, and President David Skorton will deliver the Commencement address May 24.
Max Pfeffer, chair of the Department of Development Sociology, has been appointed senior associate dean in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. (March 22, 2010)
Martin Gardiner Bernal, professor emeritus of government and Near Eastern studies at Cornell and author of "Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization," died June 9, 2013 in Cambridge, England. He was 76.
Jordan Matsudaira, assistant professor of policy analysis and management in the College of Human Ecology, has been appointed a senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers.
A $1.2M state grant announced Oct. 14 will update facilities at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences as Cornell ramps up efforts to eradicate the golden nematode, which strikes potato crops.
The Cornell alumna is battling acute myelogenous leukemia. With no genetic match currently available to her, her family and friends are using social networking and a vast web of contacts to change that. (May 14, 2009)
The Cornell in Turin summer study abroad program June 2-22 brings students to Turin, Italy, for an accelerated course on European and Italian politics.
A new study using a computer algorithm developed at Cornell shows that connections between people in Great Britain coincide remarkably well with political boundaries. (Dec. 20, 2010)