The archives of The Atlantic Philanthropies, among the world’s largest and most influential foundations, will be housed permanently at Cornell. The archives document roughly $8 billion in Atlantic grants over three decades.
Cornell University graduate student Lauren Alleyne won first place in the poetry category in The Atlantic Monthly's 2003 Student Writing Contest, and graduate student Pilar Gómez-Ibáñez won an honorable mention. Both Alleyne and Gómez-Ibáñez are first-year students in Cornell's Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in creative writing. The prestigious Atlantic Monthly contest is open to full-time graduate and undergraduate students at American universities. More than 500 students entered the poetry category. (May 24, 2004)
To make the STEM field workforce look more like the U.S. population, more minorities need to be encouraged and supported to enter these fields, said Irving McPhail '70 speaking on campus Oct. 17. (Oct. 18, 2012)
Seven Cornell students have been selected to participate in the inaugural Henry and Nancy Horton Bartels Undergraduate Action Research Fellowship Program.
Cornell psychology and neurobiology professor Timothy DeVoogd has written an editorial in the Feb. 26 issue of Science calling for more 'science diplomacy' with developing countries. (March 1, 2010)
The Institute for the Social Sciences' three-year theme project, Immigration: Settlement, Integration and Membership, is hosting faculty from across campus to explore immigration from many perspectives. (Sept. 26, 2011)
Best-selling author and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker will present the 2011 Olin lecture at 7:30 p.m. March 4 in the Statler Auditorium, speaking on 'the stuff of thought.'
Preservationist Jeff Morgan '84 wants to make postwar Iraq as popular a destination for tourists visiting ancient sites as Peru's Machu Picchu – which attracts 1,500 people a day and brings in millions of dollars in revenues.
Cornell researchers will collaborate with Google experts to improve group interaction in online social networks. The work will be supported by a grant of $800,000 from Google Inc. (Feb. 21, 2011)
Robots that self-improve and machines that print products at home are technologies on the horizon, said Hod Lipson at the 2011 American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting. (Feb. 21, 2011)