The Cornell Public Service Center is currently seeking applications for the fourth annual Cornell Civic Leaders Fellowship Program. This initiative enables the Cornell Public Service Center to initiate collaborative relationships between Cornell University and the local community, and it allows the center to award $5,000 to each selected fellow. (May 4, 2004)
Events on campus this week include a workshop on advocacy and interactive media, Islam Awareness Week, a day for entrepreneurs and lectures on Facebook, friendship and community and 'Porgy and Bess.' (April 5, 2012)
The medical imaging device, which should be up and running by fall 2011 thanks to a $2 million federal grant, will allow researchers to delve into new areas, ranging from the biological processes to tissue engineering. (June 9, 2009)
When the nutritional supplement Sprinkles was added to food for two months, anemia rates among children were reduced dramatically, says a Cornell study published in the Journal of Nutrition. (July 25, 2007)
Fifteen Chinese high school principals and university administrators received an overview of trends in U.S. education during a program tailored especially for them, July 15-22 on campus. (July 25, 2007)
President David Skorton tells national reporters that higher education, especially in science and math, must be looked at as a problem solver and not as a separate interest group.
The Park Foundation has renewed its support of the Park Leadership Fellows Program at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management with a gift of nearly $7.5 million that extends support of the program through the Class of 2004.
Cornell will inaugurate the John L. Doris Memorial Lecture Series in honor of the founding director of the Family Life Development Center in the College of Human Ecology, who died Jan. 22 at age 84. (March 7, 2008)
This semester's Diversity Forum, 'Tales From the Front Line,' brought in representations from a global investment firm, an armed services office and Cornell to discuss diversity and work climate. (March 6, 2008)
In 1968, Robert Summers was asked to serve as a co-consultant in the founding of the Council of Legal Education Opportunity. Since then more than 8,000 students have participated in the program. (Feb. 29, 2008)