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.
A new bird species in Peru was discovered by young Cornell graduates, who named it in honor of Cornell Lab of Ornithology Executive Director John W. Fitzpatrick. (Aug. 7, 2012)
An international high-energy physics collaboration that could provide the deepest glimpse yet into the nature of the elusive subatomic particle known as the muon is receiving key insights and expertise from Cornell scientists.
A $1.7 million NIH grant will be used to better understand why teens are prone to taking risks. The study will use an MRI to compare brains of teens and adults when faced with risky decisions.
Cornell University Library is offering an internship program that aims to expose Cornell graduate students to new frontiers in digital humanities work.
The Department of Near Eastern Studies will launch an Intensive Arabic Program in the fall, with a full semester of language study on the Cornell campus and a semester living and studying in Jordan. (Jan. 22, 2009)
As faculty hiring seasons swings into full force, Provost Michael Kotlikoff has committed funding to help bring superior diverse talent to the faculty, allowing departments to recruit more aggressively.
Two Cornell Tech master's graduates have won a World Congress on Information Technology award for their computer-vision invention, Uru, which projects advertising onto blank surfaces in a video.
Hundreds of students, faculty and staff gathered on the Arts Quad to mingle at the second annual Welcome Weekend Picnic on the Quad, Aug. 23, the first day of classes. (Aug. 28, 2007)