Nearly 49 percent of the Cornell Graduate School's 1,995 new students this year are from other countries, and admissions are more selective and competitive, with a 5 percent jump in applications. (Sept. 13, 2012)
Published research by a College of Veterinary Science student could help reduce the infection rate of brucellosis and other zoonotic diseases in such countries as Nepal.
U.S. News and World Report ranked Cornell first in the country among undergraduate engineering science/engineering physics programs. Cornell was also ranked No. 14 worldwide by QS. (Sept. 12, 2012)
David Lyden of Weill Cornell Medical College is one of 12 winners of the Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards for his work in cancer research. (May 6, 2009)
Cornell's newest and darkest strawberry variety - Purple Wonder - will make its debut at the Philadelphia International Flower Show March 5. It is a burgundy berry. (March 5, 2012)
Cornell University, in partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, is opening a new $10 million MSKCC-Cornell Center for Translation of Cancer Nanomedicines. The center is based on development of nanoparticles called C dots.
To keep Cornell's world-class academic departments at the top of their fields and advance the university's reputation as a premier research institution, Provost Michael Kotlikoff is launching a series of initiatives to enhance faculty hiring.
Entrepreneur Thomas L. Ward '81 is the new director of the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at Cornell's School of Hotel Administration. (Feb. 6, 2008)
A Cornell researcher needs some large-breed puppies for a study on preventing arthritis in later life. The surgery involved would be free of charge. (Jan. 11, 2011)