Cornell sophomore Nathan H. Poffenbarger, 20, of Woodsboro, Md., was charged Sunday morning (Feb. 19) with felony assault for allegedly stabbing 22-year-old Charles Holiday, a black Union College senior from Brooklyn, N.Y., who was visiting the Cornell campus.
Sara Furguson '10, who suffered a high-level spinal cord injury at age 3, says Cornell has done a 'fantastic job' in accommodating her needs. (April 7, 2010)
Events on campus in June include a Reunion book signing, outdoor film screenings, a Savoyards performance and other free summer concerts, and Bound for Glory shows.
Angela Gonzales, associate professor of development sociology, frequently returns to her childhood home, the Hopi Indian reservation in Arizona, to conduct cancer research and offer education. (Aug. 27, 2012)
Associate professor Riché Richardson recently spent a week in Paris as a cultural envoy. She gave talks, and her art quilts depicting Barack Obama, Josephine Baker and Simone de Beauvoir were exhibited. (Jan. 22, 2009)
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Díaz, M.F.A. '95, will visit campus in February to kick off a yearlong 'Centennial Plus Five Celebration of Creative Writing at Cornell.' (Jan. 21, 2009)
Professor Emeritus Walter LaFeber pondered the true role of professors while reflecting on the late Carl Becker's (1873-1945) writings on the same topic at an Oct. 13 talk to students. (Oct. 18, 2010)
The Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology has hired four outstanding young researchers, according to the institute's director, Scott Emr. They are: Chris Fromme, Yuxin Mao, Marcus Smolka and Fenghua Hu. (May 15, 2008)
Cornell's plans to address its financial difficulty are taking shape, said Vice President for Human Resources Mary Opperman at a March 25 brown-bag lunch.
Surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are the first in the New York City metropolitan area to successfully implant into the brain arteries a new stent specifically designed to treat high-risk stroke patients.