The prevalence of genetic diseases in the Middle East were among the topics of the second Qatar Genetics Symposium held Oct. 31 at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. (Nov. 2, 2009)
Cornell Board of Trustees Chairman Robert S. Harrison ’76 and Executive Committee Chairman Jan Rock Zubrow ’77 discuss university priorities and challenges, leadership, student and alumni engagement, and the board's unique makeup.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said defense, economics and power drive scientific discovery, in his Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin lecture, Oct. 1, on campus. (Oct. 3, 2007)
Cornell and state officials performed a ceremonial dig at the groundbreaking event for a new $80.5 million New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center on May 22. (May 27, 2008)
Bill Courtney, an assistant coach at Virginia Tech who also helped George Mason to mid-major prominence, replaces Steve Donahue, who accepted the head coaching position at Boston College in early April. (April 23, 2010)
Fortune Small Business says Cornell is 'ahead of the pack when it comes to bringing students of all disciplines together in entrepreneurship classes.' (Aug. 22, 2007)
Cornell's mock trial team took first place in the Ivy League Invitational Mock Trial Tournament at Yale University on Nov. 13 and 14, beating a team from archrival Princeton in the fifth and final round.
Cornell Law School and Peking University ("Beida") are co-sponsoring a major international conference in Beijing.
Designed to stimulate thinking about future relations between the United States and China in the context of the…
On Sept. 30 the board of trustees approved the appointment of Elizabeth Garrett, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Southern California, as Cornell’s next president. Garrett, who will be the first woman to lead the university, will assume the presidency July 1, 2015.