Members of the graduating Class of 2013 can be assured that the skills they've developed as Cornell students will serve them well as they take their next steps, President David Skorton said in his Commencement address May 26.
A doctoral program in systems to be offered by Cornell University beginning in fall 2016 will prepare students to tackle some of the world's most complex logistical problems.
The newly redesigned Banfi's restaurant in Cornell's Statler Hotel offers Tuscan-style dining including an antipasto bar, a wine bar, regional Tuscan-inspired specialties and Tuscan art. Taverna Banfi reopened earlier this month and is serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. (Feb. 22, 2007)
A Cornell multidisciplinary team devised a way to get a "time-lapse" look at the early formation of mesoporous silica nanoparticles, from six-sided crystals all the way to 12-sided quasicrystals.
About 6,000 graduates will receive their degrees this weekend, May 23-24. Obama strategist David Plouffe is the Convocation speaker May 23, and President David Skorton will deliver the Commencement address May 24.
At a New York City gala, the Tisch family was honored for their lifetime achievements June 5 at the School of Hotel Administration's Fourth Annual Cornell Hospitality Icon and Innovator Awards.
Stephen Philip Johnson, Cornell's vice president for government and community relations, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Penn State DuBois Alumni Society Nov. 15.