Sustainability and playability, for pros and amateurs alike, were driving forces that helped Gil Hanse, MLA '89, secure the job of designing the golf course to be used in the Olympic Games.
Cornell has signed a multiyear lease on the second, fourth and fifth floors of 45 West 57th St. in Manhattan. The space, located near Central Park, will be used for academic purposes and events for alumni and students.
Jane-Marie Law, associate professor in the Department of Asian Studies, led 14 students on a 12-day trip to Japan in June after a semester-long class on Zen Buddhism.
Quitting cigarettes may not improve smokers' lung function if they have already begun to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine.
An endowment bequeathed by Kenneth A.R. Kennedy, professor of physical anthropology at Cornell for 41 years, will fund a lecture series and visiting professorship in human evolutionary biology.
Mary Beth Norton, the Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History, has been elected president of the American Historical Association. Her one-year term as president will begin in January 2018.
A top engineer from the city of Los Angeles visited Cornell July 20-22 as researchers tested a new earthquake-resilient pipeline designed to better protect southern California's water utility.
