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In forthright speech, Rawlings calls on Cornell to address 'invasion of science by intelligent design'

Interim President Hunter Rawlings gives his State of the University address at the annual Trustee/Council Weekend on Oct. 21.

Paul Wallace Gates, authority on public lands and ardent conservationist, dies at 97 in California

Cornell Professor Emeritus Paul Wallace Gates died Tuesday, Jan. 5, in the Clairmont House, Oakland, Calif., at age 97. He was an authority on the American West and U.S. public land policies and an ardent conservationist.

Peter Eisenman, who helped redefine modern architecture, is this year's Preston Thomas lecturer in February

Peter Eisenman, world-renowned architect and 1955 graduate of Cornell's College of Architecture, Art and Planning, will deliver this year's Preston Thomas Memorial Lectures at Cornell.

First pollin prize in pediatric research for development of oral rehydration therapy awarded

The First Pollin Prize for Pediatric Research, administered by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, is awarded to four scientists who made revolutionary contributions to the discovery and implementation of Oral Rehydration and Maintenance Therapy (ORT) in the 1960s and early 1970s in East Pakistan (Bangladesh) and India. Recipients are Dilip Mahalanabis, MBBS, Norbert Hirschhorn, M.D, Nathaniel F. Pierce, III, M.D, David Nalin M.D (see attached biographies)The prize will be presented Friday, November 15, 2002, at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Milstein Hospital Building, following a Symposium on "History of Oral Rehydration Therapy."

University celebrates 'most distinguished professor ever to serve at Cornell' with a building in his honor

Friends, colleagues and protégés celebrated the life of Nobel Laureate Hans Bethe in a ceremony Sept. 18 in Statler Auditorium.

Signing of the New York Campus Compact charter represents the promise of campus community service

Just one month after the terrorist attacks in the United States, more than 70 national and state leaders and college and university presidents, staff and students from across New York gathered to celebrate the signing of the charter for the New York Campus Compact (NYCC) at Pace University in lower Manhattan, six blocks west of the World Trade Center site.

Now you're cooking -- with sunlight: Engineering student pioneers solar ovens for impoverished nations

Engineers for a Sustainable World, a nonprofit organization based at Cornell, sponsored students to work on engineering projects in developing countries this summer.

Five Cornell professors named fellows of world's largest science group

Five members of the Cornell faculty have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among the 283 researchers chosen to receive the prestigious award this year.

The Cornell Tradition -- a student fellowship program based on work, community service and academic achievement -- celebrates 20th anniversary

This fall, the Cornell Tradition is celebrating 20 years of rewarding excellence in undergraduate service, work and scholarship. Cornell University's alumni-supported recognition program awards 600 fellowships each year to undergraduate students based on their work experience, campus and/or community service, leadership and academic achievement. In 2000, the program was recognized as a Daily Point of Light by President George W. Bush's Points of Light Foundation. (September 10, 2002)

Provost Martin appoints search committee for new Arts and Sciences dean

Cornell University Provost Biddy Martin announced today (Sept. 5) that she has appointed a faculty committee to begin the search for a new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.