Alumnus H. Fisk Johnson and SC Johnson have committed $150 million for the College of Business, which has been renamed the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. It is the largest single gift to the Ithaca campus.
Big Red men's heavyweight rowers are sporting new swag after partnering with Cornell fiber science and apparel design graduate students to create retro practice uniforms.
A new exhibit, “Chinese Traditional Dress and Its Influence,” provides an overview of Chinese dress of the Qing period and the influence of Eastern style on Western fashions in the early 20th century.
Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced Dec. 4 a $50 million investment in Cornell Tech. The investment includes a significant gift for the first phase of capital development on the Roosevelt Island campus.
Alumni Affairs and Development has recycled and redistributed office supplies gathered from recent office moves, saving $72,000 in office supply purchases and distributing the surplus to area not-for-profits. (July 7, 2010)
The Cornell University Weed Team sends graduate student Courtney Stokes to the 2013 North Central and Northeastern Collegiate Weed competition in Illinois for two days of brutal, mind-bending, grueling agronomic combat on July 24-25.
Seven undergraduates in the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design have each received $5,000 scholarship awards in a prestigious national fashion design and management competition. (Jan. 16, 2012)
Hunter Rawlings and Ronald Ehrenberg have been appointed to a new National Research Council committee that will undertake a review of how the federal government can ensure the health of U.S. research universities. (July 6, 2010)
Ph.D. student Michelle Baumflek is studying indigenous plants in northern Maine that have economic impact and cultural significance for Native American tribes.