Rajesh Bhaskaran and Jonathan Butcher are among 65 researchers selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's third Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium, Nov. 13-16. (Oct. 17, 2011)
A panel discussion, part of Trustee-Council Annual Meeting weekend, focused on the bridges being built between Cornell's Ithaca campus and the new Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island in NYC.
In 24 hours, 11,750 donors gave 15,807 gifts, raising $7,827,834 for the university’s colleges, units, departments and programs – the highest number of donors, gifts and dollars for one day in Cornell history.
Edwin “Todd” Cowen, professor in the College of Engineering, and Alex Travis, associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, become associate directors of the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future July 1.
Funding from the Gates Foundation will allow the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative to scale up its work promoting a more nutrition-sensitive food system aimed at bolstering the diet of the rural poor.
In a new book, Kathleen Vogel, associate professor of science and technology studies, calls for a new framework for assessing bioweapons threats. (Dec. 20, 2012)
Many events scheduled for Homecoming Weekend, Sept. 21-23, including fireworks in Schoellkopf Field Friday evening, will be of interest to students, faculty, staff and members of the local community. (Sept. 10, 2012)
The Association of American Universities issued a statement in response to the American Studies Association resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions. Cornell President David Skorton signed the AAU statement as a member of its executive committee.
More than 80 students unveiled their scholarly work at the 32nd annual Spring Research Forum hosted April 27 by the Cornell Undergraduate Research Board.
Following a rumor that a 16th-century document, part of the Witchcraft Collection in Cornell University Library, was written in blood, a father and daughter investigated.