Cornell University will honor 35 secondary school teachers from as near as Horseheads, N.Y., and from as far away as Singapore, May 21 and 22. The teachers were selected by Cornell's Merrill Presidential Scholars, students who represent the top 1 percent of the university's graduating seniors.
In testing for the University Waste Management Facility project, a system malfunction resulted in a discharge of wastewater into a sanitary sewer. The team is taking corrective actions. (Feb. 22, 2010)
Stephen Kresovich, professor of plant breeding and director of the Institute for Genomic Diversity at Cornell University, has been named director of the university's Institute for Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies.
Eight students and a professor spent 10 days in Ghana over winter break, talking to women about their concerns for their communities. The findings will help shape future service trips to Ghana.
Cornell Procurement Services has exceeded its savings goal of $30 million through process efficiencies and by changing the ways goods and services are bought for Cornell from outside vendors.
Six Cornell professors – each with distinctive areas of study – provided 10-minute presentations on the university’s international impact at Bailey Hall on Oct. 17.
'Local foods, first' is more than a new food fad. It is a high priority for Albany policymakers, said New York agriculture commissioner Patrick Hooker at a March 10 conference on campus. (March 16, 2009)
Weill Cornell Medicine conferred degrees on 139 medical doctors, 62 Ph.D.s, 34 physician assistants and 23 with Master of Science degrees at Carnegie Hall May 25.