The third annual Student Organic Seed Symposium, held at Cornell Aug. 17-21, drew several dozen students and professors, nonprofit representatives and seed company officials to the Finger Lakes region for a week of tours, lectures and networking.
In a new book, a Weill Cornell Medicine physician argues for advocacy and awareness on behalf of people with severe brain injuries who risk becoming deeply marginalized.
Alumna Megan Shull gives kids food for thought in her new novel "The Swap." She'll discuss the book Sept. 9 at the Hangar Theatre with Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 and columnist Amy Dickinson.
Cornell celebrated Dragon Day, a project by first-year architecture students preceding the exodus from the Hill for spring break, with a minimalist silver-and-green dragon in a parade across campus.
The Atlantic Philanthropies has granted $10 million for the Center for the Study of Inequality, based in Arts and Sciences; $3.25 million for the Law School’s International Center on Capital Punishment; and $3 million toward a welcome center.
Cornell President David Skorton has been named to the advisory council of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering for a four-year term. (Sept. 8, 2009)
Ruth Schwartz, professor emerita in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, died Sept. 19 as the result of a motor vehicle accident. She was 87. Funeral services were held Sept. 24. (Sept. 27, 2012)
Steven W. Squyres has been named chairman of the NASA Advisory Council, an assembly of experts that offers guidance and policy advice to the administrator of America's space agency. (Nov. 7, 2011)
Cornell University announced today the shortlist of six renowned architectural firms for the planned CornellNYC Tech campus's core academic building on Roosevelt Island. (Feb. 27, 2012)