Cornell is launching its on-campus sesquicentennial festivities with flash and fanfare during Trustee-Council Annual Meeting/Homecoming weekend, Oct. 17-18.
Cornell is ranked No. 15 of 100 on Kiplinger's list of the best values in private universities for 2014, based on costs, financial aid and academic quality.
Potato plants boost the chemical defenses in their leaves when Guatemalan tuber moth larvae feed on their tubers, report researchers at the Cornell-affiliated Boyce Thompson Institute.
Cornell hosted a recent conference where students, faculty and staff from various institutions shared experiences, practices and research in the growing field of intergroup dialogue.
The robust startup scene in Ithaca helps diversify the region’s economy, speakers said at the “State of Ithaca’s Startup Economy” event, hosted by the business incubator Rev: Ithaca Startup Works.
Researchers from the College of Engineering and Weill Cornell Medicine will fight the spread of breast cancer and other cancers with a $9.3M, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute.
Assistant professor of English Mukoma Wa Ngugi's second crime novel, “Black Star Nairobi,” has the 2007-08 Kenyan presidential election season as a backdrop.
Six custodial and housekeeping staff members received the Bartels Award for Custodial Service Excellence Dec. 20, and one staff member and 10 children of staff members received scholarships.
The professor of mathematics was named a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics during an Aug. 1 induction ceremony at the Joint Statistical Meetings/IMS Annual Meeting in Miami. (Aug. 16, 2011)