The professor of mathematics was named a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics during an Aug. 1 induction ceremony at the Joint Statistical Meetings/IMS Annual Meeting in Miami. (Aug. 16, 2011)
Professor emeritus of development sociology Joseph Mayone Stycos, who taught at Cornell for 43 years, died June 24 at Kendal at Ithaca. He founded the International Population Program in 1962 and directed it for 30 years.
Trying to rebuild the World Trade Center involved a multitude of obstacles, said experts involved in the project, all Cornell alumni, at a panel discussion in New York City July 18. (July 27, 2011)
The Classical Works Knowledge Base, a database and link resolver now under development, will assist Classics scholars citing ancient Greek and Latin texts, and those in other disciplines as well. (June 2, 2010)
A new Engaged Learning Where You Live course at Alice Cook House addresses race and campus climate as an opportunity for students to learn from and with each other about issues of racial conflict and find common ground.
Mycologist Kathie Hodge, presented 'Beneath Notice: Little Fungi for Good and Evil,' Jan. 25, in Cornell's Mann Library as part of the Light in Winter Festival of Sciences and the Arts.
The College of Engineering now enrolls equal numbers of undergraduate women and men, a historic shift after decades of underrepresentation in the field.
A new acting director, Xin Xu, and assistant director, Patrick W. Deegan, took leadership positions in Cornell's China and Asia-Pacific Program July 1. (July 24, 2008)
The Architecture of Disbelief symposium will explore speculative work - designs that require a willing suspension of disbelief and projects that are not straightforward manifestation as buildings - Oct. 30-Nov. 1. (Oct. 21, 2008)