The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Cornell professor will serve as AMC's public face and primary representative for its membership, beginning July 1. (June 24, 2008)
A $1.4 million Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant will fund a Cornell pilot program of seminars in architecture, urbanism and the humanities. Six semesters of seminars will begin in spring 2014.
Six Cornell researchers will receive grants totaling more than
$3 million as part of the National Science Foundation Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program.
Valerie Jean Bunce, Theodore Eisenberg, Ronald Hoy and Roberto Sierra have been named fellows by one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers. (April 22, 2010)
Events on campus this week include a reading by Chinese-American writer Marilyn Chin, a debate with cake for the ILR School's 70th anniversary, IvyQ, and an talk on earthquake forecasting.
Laurie Berke-Weiss '71, Seth Harris '83 and Seth 'Yossi' Siegel '74, J.D. '78, were honored at ILR's Celebration 2010 event in New York City April 20. (April 21, 2010)
Leon Heppel, a Cornell professor emeritus of biochemistry and a former National Institutes of Health scientist, died of complications from a respiratory infection April 9 in Ithaca, N.Y. (April 21, 2010)
The new Council on Sexual Violence Prevention, which includes students, faculty and staff, is the latest in a recent series of initiatives to strengthen the university’s efforts to prevent and respond to bias and sexual violence.
Environmental scientist Benjamin Z. Houlton, the new dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, says agriculture is the most important industry of the 21st century – and a powerful weapon to combat climate change.
Christopher Ober, professor of materials science and engineering, will begin serving as interim dean of the College of Engineering when current dean Kent Fuchs becomes Cornell provost Jan. 1. (Nov. 13, 2008)