Eight students and a professor spent 10 days in Ghana over winter break, talking to women about their concerns for their communities. The findings will help shape future service trips to Ghana.
Jonathan Culler, the Class of 1916 Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Cornell, has been elected to the American Philosophical Society (APS).
He was among 49 members selected this year by APS, the oldest learned…
Dr. Harold Varmus, director of the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, is internationally recognized for his research on retroviruses and the genetic basis of cancer.
Cornell University officials, alerted by reports of animal rumblings in Rand Hall, have issued a dragon-warning and road-closure alert for the campus on Thursday, March 14. Vehicular access to central campus will be restricted from 1 p.m. to approximately 3:30 p.m., and buses could be rerouted or delayed for the annual emergence of the dragon. This year is the 101st Dragon Day, in which first-year students in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning build and parade a dragon through campus. (March 12, 2002)
Computer science graduate student Renato Paes Leme has been awarded a Microsoft Research Fellowship to pursue research that may make online advertising a bit more efficient and profitable. (Feb. 16, 2011)
Professor emeritus Jack Squier and his wife, Jane, will be guests of honor at the June 9 premier of 'Simply Squier,' a documentary about Squier's life, work and nearly 50-year relationship with Cornell. (May 30, 2007)
President Martha E. Pollack outlined how Cornell "can and will be the model of a relevant, premier university for the 21st century" during her State of the University address Oct. 20 in Statler Auditorium.
Students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences can now major in viticulture and enology -- grape growing and winemaking -- in the fall. (May 14, 2008)