Ratan N. Tata '59, B.Arch. '62, chairman of Tata Sons, has been named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2013. He will be honored Oct. 12 at the first Cornell Entrepreneurship Summit in New York City. (Aug. 22, 2012)
Cornell professor Steve Squyres and Bill Nye provide key lectures at the “Opportunity: Ten Years on Mars” event Jan. 16 at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.
Rachel Bean, assistant professor of astronomy, has received a 2010 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for her work in cosmology and theoretical astrophysics. (Nov. 10, 2010)
An interdisciplinary symposium, 'Landscapes: Sublime/Popular/Ruined/Surreal,' is being held on the Cornell University campus Friday, Sept. 28, and Saturday, Sept. 29.
As Cornell embarks upon strategic planning to take it to 2012 and beyond, Alumni Affairs and Development, the division responsible for the university's $4 billion capital campaign, is transforming the way it does business. (March 23, 2009)
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.
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.