President Skorton spoke to a meeting of Cornell faculty Feb. 27, expressing his thanks for their help in the first 19 months of his presidency and outlining several recent university initiatives.
Despite a year of unprecedented uncertainty and complexity, Cornell remains a 'beacon of hope,' said President David J. Skorton in his State of the University address June 6 in Bailey Hall. (June 6, 2009)
A farmer with surplus butternut squash waste turned to the New York State Food Venture Center at Cornell, which helped develop a new, nutty-tasting butternut squash seed oil. (Oct. 21, 2008)
Summer College, which is part of Cornell's School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, is just one of many campus units slashing its paper use. (June 1, 2009)
A finding by a team of scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College opens the door to better understanding the amino acid taurine's impact on the brain. (Feb. 13, 2008)
Gail Holst-Warhaft, Ph.D. '92, an adjunct professor of comparative literature, biological and environmental engineering and a poetry writer, was named Tompkins County poet laureate for 2011.
F. Sherwood Rowland, will inaugurate the Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lectureship at Cornell April 20 and 21 with lectures on science and public policy.
The Land Grant Mission Review Task Force has sent recommendations to the Cornell University Board of Trustees, and implementation has begun on some action steps, said Francille Firebaugh, vice provost for land grant affairs and special assistant to the president.
Things to Do the week of May 8 include a screening of 'The Graduate,' a tribute to Mozart scholar Neal Zaslaw, Mayfest, the 'unconference' and the Game Design Showcase. (May 7, 2009)
At the first annual Technology, Food and Agricultural Career Day on March 22, almost 200 high school students learned about the growing career opportunities in agriculture.