Cornell Provost Biddy Martin has announced the reappointment of Susan A. Henry as the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences in Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, for a five-year term.
The book 'The Adolescent Brain: Learning, Reasoning and Decision Making,' co-edited by Valerie Reyna, focuses on teen brain development and high cognition, which is critical for good reasoning. (Dec. 15, 2011)
Huiju Park, assistant professor in the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, is making firefighters' movements more natural and safer by designing better-fitting boots and uniforms. (Dec. 3, 2012)
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Robert Glick writes about his excitement touring the campus with his daughter and his pride in her acceptance to Cornell.
The partnership between the Cornell and Columbia libraries to share resources and expertise has been judged a success by faculty users. (Dec. 12, 2011)
The CALS Green energy-saving contest saved an estimated 2 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions. Of the six buildings competing, Wing Hall in Geneva, N.Y., saved the most energy.
Harvard's Charles Ogletree delivered the Milton Konvitz Memorial Lecture on 'The Combustible Mixture of Race, Gender, Religion and Politics: Lessons Learned From the 2008 Political Campaign,' Oct. 7 at the ILR School. (Oct. 8, 2008)
Researchers in the Information Science department at Cornell plan to study a variety of research cultures to find out how best to form effective cyberspace organizations. (Oct. 27, 2010)
After two decades of growth that has transformed Weill Cornell Medical College into a global health care leader, the institution announced today a new name - Weill Cornell Medicine - that captures the full scope of its mission.