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)
New York State Sen. Michael Nozzolio, R-54th Dist., announced $600,000 in state funds to bring a new food processing technology to Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station.
Under warm sunshine, President Martha E. Pollack sent the Cornell University Class of 2017 into the world with a call to clarify their values as they set out to make change in a challenging world.
The family of the late Andreas and Genia Albrecht, professor of chemistry and senior lecturer in biochemistry, respectively, will hold a memorial event, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. in Ithaca, July 10. (June 16, 2010)
Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson will present the 29th annual Hatfield Address and meet with students and faculty Nov. 11. (Oct. 26, 2010)
At its May 27 meeting, the Cornell University Board of Trustees elected six new trustees to four-year terms. They will join two alumni-elected trustees and one undergrad-elected trustee beginning July 1.
During 2015-16 and 2016-17, Cornell will build upon ongoing diversity initiatives by focusing efforts on "the lived experience of diversity," with an emphasis on engagement.
Cornell Tech in New York City is a graduate campus, but promoting computational thinking and doing for much younger students has, from its inception, been part of Cornell Tech’s core mission, said Diane Levitt, Cornell Tech's K-12 education director.
Chris Schaffer, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has been awarded the 2009 Biomedical Engineering Teaching Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. (April 3, 2009)