The university, fraternities, sororities and students in general are pitching in to help 12 students whose Collegetown residence was destroyed by fire.
At the Sept. 9 Day of Statistics event, Turnbull will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of his career in statistical science and his leadership in helping form the Department of Statistical Science.
Cornell microbiologist Ruth Ley has received a 2010 Packard Fellowship for a study of how gut microbes co-evolved with humans and their diets. (Oct. 20, 2010)
The senior class fundraising campaign sought to be different from its predecessors by encouraging this year's seniors to think of something to contribute to the university other than just money. (May 28, 2011)
Paul Streeter, assistant dean for finance and administration at the College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named Cornell’s new vice president for budget and planning, effective April 1.
High school students from Native American backgrounds visited campus March 21-22 to learn about Cornell, celebrated Haudenosaunee culture with a symposium and exhibit and talk to Cornell Native American students about attending Cornell.
Terri Whitaker, office manager at the Sage Management Library in the Johnson School and a trained emergency medical technician, recently saved the life of a Cornell student who had gone into cardiac arrest. (March 25, 2008)
President David Skorton and professor Robert Richardson were among the 19 university presidents and 49 Nobel laureates who signed a letter urging Barack Obama to support an increase in funding for science. (Jan. 16, 2009)
Reunion 2013, for the Classes of 3s and 8s, will see alumni celebrating their fifth to 75th Reunions, from the Class of 1938 to the Class of 2008, as well as members of the Classes of 2013 and 2012 attending for Reunion Zero and Reunion One.
Sun-Uk Kim, president of Ewha Womans University in South Korea, delivered the Law School's Clarke Lecture Oct. 21 and also signed a memorandum of understanding with Cornell.