Laura Katharine Smith of Ashland, Ore., a rising junior at the School of Hotel Administration, her father and her grandparents, both Cornell alumni, died in an automobile accident in California June 3. (June 5, 2010)
Composer and Cornell alumnus Steve Reich and senior Maria Dizzia have been selected as the first recipients of two new university awards to recognize excellence in the arts. The Cornell University Alumni Award for Distinction in the Arts will be formally presented to Reich in February 1998 at a campus program. Dizzia will receive the Student Arts Award.
The lab of engineering professor Rob Shepherd has developed a hybrid material featuring soft metal and porous elastic polymer foam that could be used to make a morphing airplane wing.
Black History Month puts focus on the role of black people in the development of world civilizations and memorializes figures who fought for equality, panelists said Feb. 16.
Distinguished Visiting Writer Stewart O'Nan, M.F.A. '92, talked about his craft and read selections from his forthcoming novel, 'Emily, Alone,' at a Literary Luncheon Feb. 4, his 50th birthday. (Feb. 9, 2011)
Testifying in Washington before the U.S. House of Representatives, professor Jonathan Lunine and Purdue President Mitch Daniels urged lawmakers to send astronauts to Mars.
Faculty members can submit nominations for the Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large program through Nov. 15. Professors-at-Large are individuals of international distinction, appointed to six-year terms. (Sept. 28, 2011)
To spur local job creation, New York state Sen. Michael Nozzolio has secured $3.4 million in state funding to help food entrepreneurs at the agricultural experiment station in Geneva, New York.