We know that Cornell University engineering graduates often rise through the ranks to executive positions, or found and manage new companies of their own. Is there something special about an engineering education that prepares a person for leadership? The Cornell Engineering Alumni Association (formerly Cornell Society of Engineers) will explore that question in this year's annual conference April 21-23 on campus. The conference is titled "Engineering as a Foundation for Business Leadership: Tales from the Frontlines." (April 12, 2005)
Faculty, undergraduate students, graduate and professional students, and staff members are all represented and have a voice in university concerns through Cornell's shared governance system.
Making lifelike wax molds of their own faces to replicate Roman funeral masks, Cornell researchers explored the significance of materials in the ancient practice of remembering deceased ancestors.
Six new Cornell University Police officers were sworn in and two officers promoted at the officer commissioning and swearing-in ceremony Nov. 13 on campus.
In the beginning, there were 35 competitors.
The challengers -- Cornell students, faculty members and one very brave elementary-schooler -- took their places around the U-shaped tables. Chess grandmaster and three-time U.S…
Cornell faculty marked the 50th anniversary of the Ford Fellowship Program, which supports minority faculty members, at a conference in California. (Sept. 28, 2012)
Social science departments are too diffuse for the university to excel in the discipline and should strategically merges some units, according to task force findings discussed Dec. 1.
When it hasn't been your day, it might be time to turn to Facebook friends for a little positive reinforcement. According to a new study by social scientists, emotions can spread among users of online social networks.
Steven D. Tanksley, a molecular geneticist who pioneered concepts essential to modern plant breeding while a professor at Cornell University, has won the prestigious Japan Prize worth $420,000.
Alumnus H. Fisk Johnson and SC Johnson have committed $150 million for the College of Business, which has been renamed the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. It is the largest single gift to the Ithaca campus.