Officials from the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture traveled to Cornell during the week of Sept. 15 to explore promoting rural development, collaborating and sharing information and technology. (Sept. 24, 2008)
For the third consecutive year, Cornell has been named to Working Mother magazine's list of '100 Best Employers for Working Mothers' in the United States. (Sept. 24, 2008)
Four short stories from a recent issue of Epoch, the Cornell literary magazine, have been selected for inclusion in major anthologies. The magazine has a history of promoting new literary talent. (Sept. 24, 2008)
The Mars rover Opportunity has a new target. It will attempt to drive 11 kilometers to explore the crater that the Mars Exploration Rover team has unofficially dubbed 'Endeavour.' (Sept. 24, 2008)
Neurobiologist Timothy DeVoogd will work for a year in the State Department's Bureau for Western Hemisphere Affairs to promote science and technology education and entrepreneurship in Latin America. (Sept. 24, 2008)
On Sept. 24 President David Skorton recognized the work staff members have done on campus initiatives in safety, health, emergency preparedness, sustainability and environment risk management. (Sept. 24, 2008)
On Aug. 30, Peter J. Katzenstein, professor of international studies at Cornell, became president of the American Political Science Association. (Sept. 24, 2008)
Faculty, staff, students, alumni and Cornell groups are invited to submit nominations for the Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professorship. Nomination deadline is Oct. 15. (Sept. 24, 2008)
On Sept. 19, Cornell's chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects transformed a metered parking space on College Avenue into a mini park for the day to observe National Park(ing) Day. (Sept. 24, 2008)
The standard model for teaching introductory science - with lectures given to a hall full of silent students, homework assigned from the back of a textbook and exams - is failing, said Wieman. (Sept. 23, 2008)
'Islam is free from anti-Semitism,' said scholar Bassam Tibi, Sept. 22, at a campus colloquium. He argued that Islamism, and not Islam, is responsible for anti-Semitic and anti-American viewpoints. (Sept. 23, 2008)
Architecture critic Robert Campbell lectured Sept. 12 in honor of Roger Trancik's retirement after 38 years as a Cornell professor of city and regional planning and landscape architecture. (Sept. 23, 2008)
