Jack Szostak, Ph.D. '77, has received the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for research that has implications for cancer and the biology of aging. (Oct. 5, 2009)
Chris VanDruff, control technician and plumber for the Refrigeration Shop in Facilities Services, will bike a 100-mile ride to benefit Tour de Cure, a nationwide fundraiser for diabetes.
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.
Following a workshop he led in Kenya, Mukoma Wa Ngugi hopes to foster further dialogue between academic writers and journalists, using concepts of literary and cultural theory and criticism.
Cornell Cares Day – a worldwide student-alumni service event held each January that connects Cornellians to serve their local communities through direct, hands-on service projects – united alumni and students in more than 30 cities in a day of service.
Steven D. Tanksley, a molecular geneticist who pioneered concepts essential to modern plant breeding while a professor at Cornell University, has won the prestigious Japan Prize worth $420,000.
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.
Cornell University Library aims to spark discussion about scholarly publishing, which is languishing, through a series of initiatives in March and April.