John E. Hopcroft, the IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics in Computer Science, and Eric Siggia, adjunct professor of physics, have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. (May 7, 2009)
Computer scientist Jon Kleinberg has received the 2008 ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences for his contributions to improving Web search techniques and studies of networking. (May 5, 2009)
Melissa Bank, MFA '98, the author of the best-seller 'The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing,' will teach seminars to undergraduates and graduate students in English and creative writing. (May 7, 2008)
In its summer 2007 fiction issue, The Atlantic magazine included Cornell in its list of the leading U.S. graduate writing programs, citing the quality of the program's alumni and faculty, its selectivity and its resources. (Aug. 6, 2007)
Interim Provost Harry Katz has named anthropology professor Hirokazu Miyazaki director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, effective July 1.
Jason Koski/University PhotographyThe Cornell Wind Ensemble plays during inauguration, Sept. 7 on the Arts Quad.Lindsay France/University PhotographyThe Cornell Klezmer Ensemble performs "Tzi Azoy," with lyrics in Yiddish that…
Jason Koski/University PhotographyPeter Meinig, chairman of the Cornell Board of Trustees, center, presides over the installation of David Skorton as Cornell's 12th president. Vice Provost Michele Moody-Adams presents Skorton…
By measuring with exquisite precision the tiny wobbles of Saturn's moon Enceladus, Cornell researchers have learned that a global ocean lies beneath the moon's thick icy crust.
A previously unknown function of a well-known family of enzymes may contribute to scientists' understanding of signaling molecules involved in the body's immune response.