Black Lives Matter co-founders and organizers described the movement and what inspired it and helped it grow, at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Feb. 3 in Sage Chapel.
Six panelists, including Cornell faculty, provided a review Feb. 3 of proceedings from the COP21 climate change summit in Paris, before a spirited audience at the Tompkins County Public Library.
Former NYC police investigator Christian Saffran is beginning his first year in the Tri-Institutional M.D.-Ph.D. Program to follow his dream of becoming a physician scientist.
The Class of 2017 – 3,282 freshmen from 48 states and 56 countries – reflects significant gains in diversity at Cornell, with the highest recorded numbers of students of color, black/African-American students and international citizens in an incoming class.
More than 1,700 Cornell employees and their families celebrated Valentine's Day at the Employee Celebration community dinner in the Ramin Room, Bartels Hall. (Feb. 19, 2009)
Jiwoong Park and Derek Warner are recipients of Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, which honor outstanding researchers near the beginning of their careers. (July 14, 2009)
Rev: Ithaca Startup Works' second annual Hardware Accelerator Demo Day gave eight teams a chance to show off their product ideas and work on their sales pitches after a 12-week-long workshop.
The expanded Family and Medical Leave Act rules allow up to 12 or 26 weeks of job-protected leave for employees who have increased personal responsibilities due to a family member in the military. (Sept. 19, 2008)
Approximately 500 Cornell alumni and friends gathered Jan. 29 in New York City to mark the completion of Cornell's capital campaign, which raised $6.36 billion for university priorities.