Cornell Celebrates 145th Graduation Weekend, May 25-26
Posted On Thursday, May 23, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW YORK Tags: 145th Graduation Weekend, Cornell University, Cory Booker, David J. Skorton
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University’s 145th Graduation Weekend highlights include the Senior Convocation Address by Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, N.J., on Saturday, May 25, at noon, and Cornell President David J. Skorton giving the Commencement Address on Sunday, May 26, at 11 a.m. Both events will be at Schoellkopf ...
Former Cargill Inc. CEO And University Alumnus Warren Staley Receives Honorary Doctorate
Posted On Friday, April 26, 2013 By USA Education News. Under KANSAS Tags: Cornell University, honorary doctorate, Kansas State University, Kirk Schulz, Mary Lynn, Warren Staley
MANHATTAN -- An alumnus and former CEO devoted to increasing educational opportunities, student success and philanthropic ventures will receive an honorary doctorate from Kansas State University.
Warren Staley, Edina, Minn., will be recognized with the honorary degree at the Graduate School's commencement ceremony, which begins at 1 p.m. Friday, May 17, ...
Newark Mayor Cory Booker Named 2013 Cornell University Convocation Speaker
Posted On Monday, March 25, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW YORK Tags: convocation speaker, Cornell University, mayor of Newark, Newark Mayor Cory
ITHACA, N.Y. – Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J., will address the Class of 2013 at Senior Convocation, May 25, during Cornell University’s 145th Commencement Weekend.
The second-term mayor, a Democrat, was first elected mayor of New Jersey’s largest city in 2006 and has made many strides to improve the city’s ...
Adrian Durant Named Assistant Coach At Cornell University
Posted On Sunday, February 3, 2013 By USA Education News. Under VIRGIN ISLAND Tags: 2004 V.I. Olympian, Adrian Durant, chilly conditions, Cornell University, St. Mary's Elementary School
A fresh blanket of snow surrounded Adrian Durant's apartment in Ithaca, N.Y., on Tuesday.
The St. Croix native and 2004 V.I. Olympian was relaxing on a snowy New Year's Day near the campus of Cornell University, where he was recently named assistant track and field coach.
"It's cold," Durant said via telephone. ...
UW Professor Helps Discover ‘Holy Grail’ Theory of Evolving Modular Networks
Posted On Friday, February 1, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WYOMING Tags: biological entities, biological networks, Cornell University, fellow researchers, Jeff Clune, University of Wyoming’s
One of the University of Wyoming’s newest professors has tackled a decade-old question regarding the evolutionary origins of modularity and discovered a new theory for why biological entities are organized into modules.
While a visiting professor at Cornell University, Jeff Clune and fellow researchers discovered this: Modularity in biological networks, such ...
The Seventh Annual FIRST LEGO League Expo at Cornell is Saturday, Jan. 26
Posted On Thursday, January 17, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW YORK Tags: Cornell University, Duffield Hall Atrium, FIRST LEGO League Expo, Trumansburg
ITHACA, N.Y. – The young learn to help the old: More than 100 elementary students will meet in the seventh annualJunior FIRST LEGO League Expo at Cornell University. Teams will focus on the quality of life for senior citizens. The expo – hosted by the Cornell NanoScale Facility – will ...
Adrian Durant Named Assistant Coach at Cornell University
Posted On Monday, January 7, 2013 By USA Education News. Under VIRGIN ISLAND Tags: Adrian Durant's, Cornell University, Gamecocks, St. Croix, St. Mary's Elementary School
A fresh blanket of snow surrounded Adrian Durant's apartment in Ithaca, N.Y., on Tuesday.
The St. Croix native and 2004 V.I. Olympian was relaxing on a snowy New Year's Day near the campus of Cornell University, where he was recently named assistant track and field coach.
"It's cold," Durant said via telephone. ...
$6M Gift Advances Cornell Veterinary Medical Research
Posted On Saturday, January 5, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW YORK Tags: animal health, Cornell University, Starr Foundation, Veterinary Medicine
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Starr Foundation, chaired by Maurice R. (Hank) Greenberg, has committed $6 million to the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. The gift will create two endowed professorships in clinical research, positions that are critical for the improvement of animal health, according to the college.
These professorships follow ...
Threatening Objects Appear Closer, NYU, Cornell Study Finds
Posted On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 By USA Education News. Under NEW YORK Tags: Balcetis, Cornell University, David Dunning, Psychological Science
We’re more likely to see threatening objects as closer than they really are, a misperception that may fuel us to act in ways to avoid dangerous situations, psychology researchers at New York University and Cornell University have found.
Their findings appear in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological ...
