Professors Glenn Altschuler and Isaac Kramnick's book details Cornell's emergence as a modern research university and the ongoing balance between its ideals of freedom and responsibility.
A $50 million gift from Verizon will support the development of the Verizon Executive Education Center on the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island, Cornell Tech officials announced Feb. 2.
William J. Lynn III, J.D. '80, has been nominated by President-elect Barack Obama for deputy defense secretary, the No. 2 position at the Pentagon. (Jan. 14, 2009)
The 2013 Dean’s Fellow in the history of home economics in the College of Human Ecology gave an account of Flemmie Kittrell’s life March 20. Kittrell was the first African-American woman in the country to earn a Ph.D. in nutrition.
Cornell is leading the Platform for the Accelerated Realization, Analysis, and Discovery of Interface Materials thanks to a $25 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Once again, the recognition received by Cornell’s talented amateur photographers is broadened by having both “judges’ choice” and “people’s choice” winners of the university-wide photo contest. Julia Miao’s “An Unveiled Symphony” won "judges' choice"; Cynthia Sedlacek’s “Who Moved My Nest” won "people's choice" ...
The editorial director of the ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, was honored for advancing the field of labor relations. (Jan. 24, 2011)
Universitywide and college/unit committees have been working over the summer to address key areas of concern surfaced by the Cornell Employee Survey. (Sept. 5, 2012)
Three abstract 1940s murals featured at the Johnson Museum are being conserved after their removal from a Roosevelt Island hospital, and will be reinstalled at Cornell Tech.
More than 80 students unveiled their scholarly work at the 32nd annual Spring Research Forum hosted April 27 by the Cornell Undergraduate Research Board.