The president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, visits campus Nov. 20-22. He will deliver a public lecture, “Iceland’s Clean Energy Economy – A Roadmap to Sustainability and Good Business,” Nov. 21 at 4 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium.
The university is implementing new search accountability oversight measures to ensure that every search attracts a diverse pool of candidates. The measures are part of a multilayered strategy for supporting faculty recruitment and retention.
New students entering Cornell in the fall will read and discuss E.L. Doctorow's 'Homer and Langley,' a 2009 historical novel based on the lives of New York City's reclusive Collyer brothers. (Feb. 10, 2011)
Professor Emeritus Sidney Tarrow will use $32,400 from the Mellon Foundation to explore when and how rights are protected or abused under conditions of modern warfare. (Oct. 13, 2011)
Roxanne Yamins '12 has won the Cornell Undergraduate Artist Award for 2011 from the Cornell Council for the Arts. With its proceeds, she hopes create sculptures reflecting Ithaca's front porches. (June 14, 2011)
Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $9 million Program Project Grant from the National Cancer Institute to study an aggressive and incurable form of lymphoma.
A research group in Spain has ranked Cornell the No. 5 university in the world for its Web presence, which includes electronic access to scientific publications and other academic material. (Feb. 7, 2011)
For their advocacy for people with learning disabilities, Brian Meersma ’18 and Mara Schein ’18 will each receive the Marion Huber Learning Through Listening National Achievement Award.