Frank DiSalvo, the J.A. Newman Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, has been reappointed to a three-year term as director of the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future effective July 1. (Sept. 12, 2012)
As the new director of the Cornell Population Center, professor Dan Lichter is uniting Cornell scholars from across campus to apply demography to pressing social and political issues. (March 26, 2012)
A planned telescope known as CCAT, proposed and led by Cornell scientists, has received strong endorsement from a national panel charged with setting priorities in astronomy for the next decade. (Aug. 16, 2010)
Cornell University Press author Fiona Terry, writer of "Condemned to Repeat? The Paradox of Humanitarian Action," has received the 2006 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for "Ideas Improving World Order." (December 09, 2005)
Print collections at the Hotel School and Johnson School libraries will move to ILR's library, which will continue to enhance on-site services in each school, including subject-specific research help. (Aug. 12, 2010)
Filmmaker and biologist Randy Olson, on campus Sept. 18-21, met with various student groups and scientists to give advice on how to convey science through 'storytelling.' (Sept. 22, 2011)
Assistant Professor Rafael Pass has received a five-year, $450,000 award from the National Science Foundation to conduct research that could lead to secure online voting systems and improved Internet security overall. (March 5, 2008)
John Hopcroft, the IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics, has been awarded the Harry M. Goode award of the IEEE Computer Society in recognition of his fundamental contributions to the study of algorithms and their applications in information processing. (November 29, 2005)
Saturday's (May 27) Commencement highlights included Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine's Hooding Ceremony, ROTC commissioning and the Cornell President and Trustees Parent Reception.
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Susanna Throop, a May 2000 graduate of Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences and a 1996 graduate of Newfield High School, has been awarded the prestigious Gates-Cambridge Trust Scholarship inaugurated this year.