Applications from international students –– who made up about 40 percent of Cornell's graduate and professional student body in Fall 2012 –– decreased about two percent in 2013 from 2012, according to Barbara Knuth, vice provost and dean of the Graduate School.

A few graduate students’ dream that skyscrapers will be filled with plants instead of cubicles may be becoming a reality. In a lecture Wednesday, Prof. Emeritus Dickson Despommier spoke to an audience of 30 students about how groups are beginning to adopt vertical farming to solve the planet’s climate issues. 

Religion is ubiquitous in U.S. politics and American public life, Prof. Isaac Kramnick, government, said at his talk, “America Under God?” Wednesday.

Despite facing seemingly limited job prospects, students graduating with a broad academic background and a variety of skills may be more appealing to employers than students with a narrower academic focus, according to a recent survey by the Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Starting in Spring 2014, students will be able to travel to the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in Southern India for the semester to learn about biodiversity conservation, sustainable environments and livelihoods.

With about 230 volunteers signed up,  Slope Day organizers have less than two weeks left to reach their goal of doubling the number of volunteers who will help out at the event.

Rapper Hoodie Allen will be the second performer in this year’s Slope Day lineup, the Slope Day Programming Board announced Monday.