Robert I. Toll '63, chairman and chief executive officer of Toll Brothers Inc., has been named Cornell's 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year and will be honored on campus Wednesday, Nov. 2.
Robert L. Harris Jr., vice provost for diversity and faculty development, spoke of the need for both 'structural diversity' and 'interactional diversity' in his ninth and final report on the university's progress toward diversity and inclusion. (May 23, 2008)
'Cornell's 8,500-plus staff members are the core of the university -- this small city operates because of the things you do every day,' said President David Skorton, in his annual address staffers, Oct. 1. (Oct. 3, 2007)
Prior to World War II, America was a largely rural nation, but many of the documents that chronicle the history of rural life are drying, cracking and crumbling away on the shelves of libraries of state colleges of agriculture.
Anne Kenney, an internationally respected expert in digital library development, has been named Cornell's Carl A. Kroch University Librarian. She has been serving as interim university librarian since February 2007. (March 31, 2008)
Irwin M. Jacobs returned to Cornell Nov. 7 as the 27th Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education to talk on "The Incredible Cell Phone: Personal Notes on an Evolving Technology, Business Model, Applications and Global Impact."
After years of careful stewardship by Cornell scientists, a collection of more than 2,000 species of native Chinese fungi, spirited out of the country for safety before World War II, is finally set to make its way home. (April 13, 2009)
Jeffrey Katzenberg, executive in charge of such animated hits as 'Shrek' and 'Chicken Run,' discussed his career and the world of computer animation Oct. 30 in Statler Auditorium.
Merrill Scholars' high school teachers and Cornell faculty members were recognized by President David Skorton and the college deans at a luncheon and ceremony at Willard Straight Hall May 20.
By combining lab experiments with computer modeling, Cornell researchers hope to learn how bacteria that break down pollutants do their job and then make them more effective in cleaning up toxic waste. (June 14, 2007)