As Cornell works to address its financial challenges, it is also aggressively developing programs to help faculty and staff members deal with their own financial challenges.
Events this week include a Science Cabaret program on hard cider and flavor chemistry, "Tarnation" director Jonathan Caouette, and visiting scholar Afrika Bambaataa playing vinyl from his archive.
Cornell and the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a groundbreaking partnership in New York City Oct. 2 to speed commercialization of ideas generated at Cornell NYC Tech. (Oct. 4, 2012)
Weill Cornell Medical College has received a $75 million gift from Sandra and Edward Meyer ‘48 and the Sandra and Edward Meyer Foundation to enhance the medical college’s cancer research and care programs.
Cornell's Program in Real Estate has received an $11 million gift from Lisa and Richard Baker '88. The gift will more than triple the program's current endowment. (April 12, 2012)
To expand on his teaching innovations, Cornell plant pathologist George Hudler has been named Cornell's Menschel Distinguished Teaching Fellow for 2012-13. (April 12, 2012)
Events on campus include a book talk on rural aging issues, guest filmmakers at Cornell Cinema, and a lecture on four controversial Anglophone books that found success when first published in France.
At its March 9 meeting, the Faculty Senate passed a resolution discouraging professors from assigning extra academic work over breaks. (March 17, 2011)
Concern for the safety of Indian families riding scooters--- and doodles he made in the boardroom - led to the development of the Tata Nano, Ratan Tata '59, B.Arch. '62 said at a symposium on the car. (March 16, 2011)
By spring 2013, the Cornell Big Red Bands hope to have a home of their own - a new 6,400-square-foot facility behind the Schoellkopf Crescent. Groundbreaking is expected to occur in 2012. (Oct. 3, 2011)