An undergraduate biology researcher describes for the first time how a small East Coast killifish jumps upright on land to see and navigate between tide pools - a possible clue into how sea creatures adapted to land.
David Honan, Cornell's deputy chief of police, graduated from the 10-week intense training of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va., June 8 - the second Cornell officer to complete the training.
Employees wishing to have an individual appointment with one of Cornell's retirement vendors can now go to East Hill Plaza as well as Day Hall and the vet college. Call your vendor to set one up. (Nov. 5, 2009)
At a faculty and staff town-hall forum Feb. 17, Provost Michael Kotlikoff said key aspects of the College of Business' success will be integrating the faculty of the three schools that comprise the college and expanding programming.
Events this week include a Laurie Anderson evening at Cornell Cinema; a romp through Shakespeare at the Schwartz Center; 'The Vagina Monologues,' and a book talk on reverie in Victorian novels.
To spur job creation and a business-friendly climate throughout the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced New York’s statewide Regional Economic Development Council awards Dec. 11. The Southern Tier, noted as a top-performing region, received $81.9 million.
At an event to celebrate Cesar Chavez, Mary Jo Dudley, director of the Cornell Farmworker Program, discussed the program with the U.S. secretaries of labor and agriculture at the White House March 30. (April 8, 2011)
Eric Betzig, M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’88, and William Moerner, M.S. ’78, Ph.D. ’82, have shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry for groundbreaking achievements in optical microscopy.