Roald Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel laureate in chemistry and the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor Emeritus of Humane Letters at Cornell, has received the 2009 Public Service Award from the National Science Board. (May 14, 2009)
Sibley Hall is undergoing renovations this summer and fall to provide full access to people with disabilities. The work includes a wheelchair ramp, two new elevators and six new or upgraded restrooms. (July 3, 2008)
Courtney FitzPatrick '13 earned first place in the 2010 AATCC Concept 2 Consumer Design Competition for her entry 'Hot Hot Hot' in the product design category.
Professor of Africana studies Robert L. Harris Jr. has worked with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration on a new exhibition honoring 29 notable African-Americans from New York state.
Editors' picks for the week of March 6 include a forum on water in the Mediterranean, a conference on transgender rhetoric, a celebrity chef visit and a performance by the iO String Quartet. (March 5, 2009)
Molecutar biologist Scott Emr and colleagues describe in detail how cells recycle protein "garbage" in two recent papers appearing in the journals Cell and Developmental Cell. (Oct. 31, 2008)
The definitive Hurricane Katrina play was written three months before the storm hit. The play is "Pink Collar Crime" by New Orleans actress-playwright Yvette Sirker, Cornell Class of '84. (November 30, 2005)
The new website, climatechange.cornell.edu, is a one-stop shop for everything climate change. It's searchable and includes research, outreach programs and issue-specific pages.
It's only fitting that ceremonies for the official dedication of the Sheila W. and Richard J. Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts include elements of theater, film and dance performed by Cornell University students.