The award cites Webb for 'pioneering the applications of rigorous physical principles to the development of optical tools that have broadly impacted our ability to examine biological systems.'
Michael I. Kotlikoff, the Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine since 2007, will be Cornell University's 16th provost, President Elizabeth Garrett announced today. Kotlikoff will assume the office Aug. 1.
Ernest F. Schaufler, a professor emeritus of horticulture who worked in the Cornell Cooperative Extension program as the 4-H club specialist in ornamental horticulture, died at 87. (April 28, 2011)
Cornell's Bachelor of Archiecture program has once again received the top marks in the annual survey conducted by DesignIntelligence magazine. (March 26, 2007)
They are theoretical physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed, evolutionary biologist David Hillis, cheetah expert Laurie Marker, science writer Andrew Revkin and Duncan Watts, Ph.D. '97.
Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have discovered a treatment-resistant prostate cancer that resembles small-cell lung cancer rather than typical prostate cancer and may suggest new treatments.
The College of Veterinary Medicine will establish the world's first canine genomics program with the single largest gift it has ever received: $10 million from an anonymous donor. (Sept. 16, 2010)
Harry C. Katz, dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations from 2005-14, was appointed Cornell’s interim provost effective Nov. 14. He spoke with the Chronicle Nov. 17 about his new position.
The university has launched searches for a new provost and vice president for student and campus life, with the formation of search committees and the selection of search firms. It is expected that the positions will be filled by next fall.