World-renowned veterinarian Robert W. Kirk, DVM '46, author of the well-known text 'Current Veterinary Therapy,' died Jan. 19 in Ithaca. (Jan. 24, 2011)
Anthropology major, musician and videographer Kai Keane '14 links the sounds of childhood and the hopefulness of children to deal with the complexities of adult life, in his Soup and Hope March 14.
Running for the position of dean of the university faculty are Joseph Burns, engineering and astronomy, and Risa Lieberwitz, labor and employment law. Voting closes March 30. (March 19, 2012)
The professor of biochemistry, molecular and cell biology is one of 210 fellows to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. Also inducted was novelist and Cornell alumnus Thomas Pynchon. (April 27, 2009)
Computer scientist David Steurer has been awarded a Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship to support research to find the "laws of efficient computation," which might lead to a new way to solve many very hard problems.
Sheldon Brown ’68 and financial institutions CoBank and Farm Credit East have made a give to establish an agricultural economics professorship in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management.
Forged by local blacksmith Durand Van Doren and in keeping with the historical setting, two outside wall lamps and two lamps on posts were installed at the entrance to Willard Straight, May 24-25. (May 27, 2010)
The professor of electrical and computer engineering will advise the U.S. government on GPS, space weather and other defense-related topics this year as a State Department Jefferson Science Fellow. (Sept. 9, 2009)