Abbas Maleki, Iran's deputy foreign minister 1988-1997, offered insights into how Iran views itself vis a vis its current tensions with the West. (March 13, 2012)
Twenty-six undergraduate and 10 graduate Cornell Urban Scholars Program students took part in an eight-week paid internship this summer at 32 organizations, among them some of the city's most innovative nonprofits.
Landscape architect Gil Hanse, MLA '89, won the bid to design an environmentally sensitive golf course for the 2016 Olympics with CALS professor Frank Rossi. (March 12, 2012)
Technology Review magazine has named Noah Snavely, assistant professor of computer science, one of its 2011 'TR35,' the magazine's selection of top technology innovators under age 35. (Aug. 23, 2011)
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington has opened a new exhibit “Spirit & Opportunity: 10 Years Roving Across Mars,” a retrospective that recounts the Mars mission and the Cornell scientific triumphs of the rovers.
Reaching into its archives, Cornell University is dusting off the original printing plate of the 1933 bachelor of landscape architecture degree to issue one more diploma. It is for Ruth Shellhorn, 96, whose storied career as a landscape architect encompassed bringing to life Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom. A noted landscape architect, Shellhorn, who attended Cornell in the early 1930s, wasn't available to attend the festivities of this year's Commencement Weekend ceremonies, May 28-29, in Ithaca. Instead, she will receive her diploma on June 4 at a special dinner in the Los Angeles area.
Scott Emr has kept the institute focused on hypothesis-driven science that uses genetics, biochemistry, proteomics and bioinformatics to answer fundamental questions in cell biology. (Sept. 12, 2012)
Cornell's skyline will boast another tower when Olive Tjaden Hall, located on Cornell's Arts Quad, has its steeple restored as part of the building's $7.5 million renovation project. The 30-foot, 20-ton steeple currently is being built on the ground adjacent to Tjaden Hall.
It's now possible to display math problems online as if they were on a chalkboard, thanks to new technology by Cornell University Library's Project Euclid. (Jan. 11, 2011)