The Cornell Black Alumni Association has honored James and Janice Turner for their service to Cornell by launching a campaign to fund a scholarship for African-American students. (Dec. 23, 2010)
Professors Glenn Altschuler and Isaac Kramnick delivered the 2014 Olin Lecture, “The Way We Were – and Are: Cornell Professors and Students, 1940-Present,” June 6 to a packed Bailey Hall.
A China expert from the ILR School says that organized protests in the west will not affect labor abuses, but unionization might offer a path to improvement.
Khaleel Atiyyeh '10, Joanne Chickering '12 and Patricia Green '10 received 2009 Robert S. Smith Awards for Community Progress and Innovation to implement innovative community-building projects. (Dec. 3, 2009)
Events on campus this week include an African development conference, a modern farce at the Schwartz Center, new exhibitions at the Johnson Museum, and M.F.A. writers collaborating with artificial intelligence programs.
Professor Gary W. Evans has been appointed to the Board on Children, Youth and Families of the National Academy of Sciences, which makes policy recommendations. (Feb. 24, 2009)
Three graduate students are among 16 students at U.S. universities to receive grants as Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research. They are Katherine Mills, Dora Sugar and Elena Bondareva.
Steven D. Tanksley, a molecular geneticist who pioneered concepts essential to modern plant breeding while a professor at Cornell University, has won the prestigious Japan Prize worth $420,000.