The National Academy of Sciences will present Professor Thomas Eisner, a world authority on animal behavior, ecology and evolution, with the 2008 John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science at an April ceremony.
Ying Hua, assistant professor of design and environmental analysis, has received a fellowship to study how U.S. and Japanese green building design differ, and a grant to develop a green building course. (March 26, 2009)
An interview English professor Satya Mohanty gave to the South Asian Review has created an explosive reaction and a new organization, the Global South Cultural Dialogue Project. (Sept. 20, 2012)
Cornell students designed winter boots that improve circulation and a jacket with built-in headphones for people in wheelchairs, among other products as part of a textiles course. (Dec. 7, 2009)
Max J. Pfeffer, professor of rural sociology at Cornell, has been named associate director of the university's Agricultural Experiment Station in Ithaca.
Arun Gandhi, founder of the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, will be the keynote speaker at the eighth annual Cornell Tradition Convocation, March 7.
The fifth annual Educator Professional Development Day and its 110 workshop offerings attracted some 1,200 teachers from the Ithaca, Dryden and Lansing school districts. (March 24, 2009)
The annual College Sustainability Report Card lists Cornell as one of about two dozen 'Campus Sustainability Leaders,' but faults the university for not making its investment decisions public. (Feb. 7, 2007)
Three experts discussed how prepared the United States is for bioterrorism at a panel discussion hosted by Cornell in Washington, D.C., March 22. (March 28, 2012)
A workshop, 'Faculty Orientation to Research Administration and Support,' will inform new faculty members on resources available and the rules and regulations they must observe. (Sept. 21, 2011)