Senior Millie Kastenbaum has been named the inaugural winner of the Cornell Division of University Relations’ Campus-Community Leadership Award for graduating seniors who lead town-gown efforts.
Chemistry professor Brian Crane has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute professor. As such, he will enhance Cornell's efforts to prepare students for more advanced chemistry and then research experiences.
The inaugural class of international faculty fellows received research funding and contributed to interdisciplinary collaboration through their colleges and the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.
From conducting archaeological research in the Republic of Armenia to exploring how rumors spread through Twitter, the Institute for the Social Sciences' small grants program funded 22 faculty members' projects for the 2013-14 year.
As part of the Art of Horticulture course, three student designers modeled their own creations at a fashion show, with clothes made from plants. (Oct. 16, 2012)
Jonathan Culler, the Class of 1916 Professor of English and a prominent scholar of literary theory, will be honored by returning students at a conference Oct. 3-4 for his 70th birthday.
Architects Jacques Herzog and Peter Eisenman ’54, B.Arch. ’55, will visit campus to discuss their work Sept. 10-11 as part of the 2013 Preston H. Thomas Memorial Lecture Series and Symposium in Milstein Hall.
A new graduate-level course that teaches students to communicate scientific ideas to a wide audience has helped to enhance a popular Ithaca children's museum.