University Counsel Madelyn F. Wessel has announced plans to retire from Cornell, effective at the end of June 2021. The university in the coming weeks will launch a national search to select a successor.
Ed Camacho of the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility has created what is thought to be the world’s smallest rendition of Cornell’s iconic McGraw Tower – complete with its 161 interior steps, two sets of stairs and 21 bells.
Deborah Starr, associate professor of modern Arabic and Hebrew Literature and Film, will take part in a film screening and discussion on writer Jacqueline Kahanoff, Feb. 18 at Cornell Cinema.
About 400 staff, students and faculty took time June 28 to enjoy some of Cornell's most popular ice cream flavors at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' annual Summer Scoop.
Jennifer Grant, Ph.D. ’00, director of the state Integrated Pest Management Program, has won the Northeastern IPM Center’s inaugural Outstanding Achievements in IPM Award.
Twenty faculty members from eight colleges have been named Engaged Faculty Fellows, committed to advancing community-engaged learning and scholarship at Cornell and within their academic disciplines.
Dmitry Bykov, one of Russia’s best-known public intellectuals, is a visiting critic in the Institute for European Studies, and will be engaging with Cornell faculty and students and completing several writing projects. His satirical poems and political commentaries often take aim at President Vladimir Putin, and have gotten him in trouble.
Judges have chosen first-place winners for each category of photograph. Cornell faculty, staff, students and retirees have until Oct. 26 to vote for the best of these for "People's Choice."