A $2.5 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will help Cornell endow three new senior professorships in the humanities. (March 26, 2008)
For exemplary work in planetary science, Cornell astronomy professor Jonathan Lunine will be awarded the prestigious Jean-Dominique Cassini Medal by the European Geosciences Union, the group announced Oct. 13.
Events this week include a Science Cabaret program on hard cider and flavor chemistry, "Tarnation" director Jonathan Caouette, and visiting scholar Afrika Bambaataa playing vinyl from his archive.
Divided they stand. To catch the eye -- and interest -- of Cornell passersby on the Arts Quad, two students in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) have designed and installed an artwork called BORDER::PASSAGE, a…
A team of scientists – led by a Cornell professor of natural resources – will help mountain communities in Asia recalibrate their seasonal-indicator ecological calendars to reckon the effects of climate change.
Only universities are able to take the long view and assemble the interdisciplinary expertise needed to solve the world's energy problems, said Professor Frank DiSalvo, speaking during Reunion Weekend. (June 12, 2007)
Kicking off a weekend to celebrate esteemed Cornell professor Harold Scheraga's 90th birthday, friends and alumni dedicated a room, named in his honor, in the Physical Sciences Building. (Sept. 26, 2011)
Four new A.D. White Professors-at-Large have been appointed: autism researcher Simon Baron-Cohen, poet Anne Carson, political scientist James C. Scott and economic historian Robert Skidelsky. (June 21, 2010)
Cornell professors Jon Kleinberg and Paul McEuen, and Weill Cornell professor Carl Nathan, M.D., are among 72 new members of the National Academy of Sciences, announced May 3. (May 5, 2011)