The Martin Y. Tang International Scholarship Challenge has raised $4.39 million in endowment gifts from 12 families, resulting in a 19 percent increase in scholarship support for undergraduate international students at Cornell and support for five graduate fellowships.
Owen Lee-Park ’15, a native of South Korea, made a rare visit to North Korea in September. He spoke to doctors and medical students about the state of North Korean health care.
Fredrik Logevall, vice provost for international affairs, spoke on “International Cornell: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?” at a Trustee-Council Annual Meeting presentation Oct. 26.
Universities should share discoveries crucial to combating diseases plaguing people in poverty, assert two Cornell scientists in a special issue of Nature.
Ray J. Wu, the late Cornell professor of molecular biology and genetics, won posthumously the 2013 Ezra Technology Innovator Award. It was presented Oct. 24.
Cornell needs to think strategically and boldly, promoting innovation by investing in thought leaders and research, said President David Skorton, addressing members of the Cornell Board of Trustees and Cornell University Council, Oct. 25.
Graduate student Ayuen Ajok recently told middle school students what it was like to be a Lost Boy of Sudan. He fled his village in 1987 and walked for thousands of miles, often without food or water.
Plant breeder Ronnie Coffman has sown seeds of scientific and social change across continents and generations. Now his efforts are being recognized with the inaugural World Agriculture Prize.
Fredrik Logevall, vice provost for international affairs and director of the Einaudi Center, and David Greenberg of Rutgers University, discussed “JFK, Vietnam, and What Might Have Been?” Oct. 15 in New York City.
