Students reported a heightened sense of inclusion in the classroom and higher confidence in discussing the topics they learned in an active learning evolutionary biology class.
Cornell received 43,037 applications for freshman admission this year, the highest in university history; the incoming class is the most competitive and selective ever.
Shayle Robert Searle, Ph.D. ’58, professor emeritus of biological statistics and a leader in the field of linear and mixed models in statistics, died Feb. 18 at age 84.
Cornell Professor John Blume will be a major player March 9 when CNN broadcasts the premiere of a new eight-part series, “Death Row Stories," produced by Robert Redford.
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.
Kyle Shen, assistant professor of physics, has been awarded $566,000 over three years from the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program. (March 29, 2012)
Cornell will send half of all students abroad for study or a meaningful academic experience by 2020, according to a commitment it signed with the Institute of International Education.