Students and professors may no longer have to labor on Labor Day, if the Faculty Senate has its way. The senate voted April 8 to cancel classes on the holiday, celebrated the first Monday in September.
Spectacle and showmanship filled Willard Straight Hall's Memorial Room April 13, as 'Awkward Circus' presented a variety of acts reflecting student life, from jugglers to a burlesque routine. (April 16, 2009)
A series of Cornell studies in the 1970s and '80s showed that a nurse home-visiting program for low-income women pregnant with their first child can help alleviate some problems caused by poverty. (April 16, 2009)
Cornell researchers have shown that catalytic reactions on carbon nanotubes occur at unique sites, which could lead to a new way to make cleaner fuels. (April 16, 2009)
All nonfaculty employees of the university can vote in the Employee Assembly election through 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 24. Results will be announced April 30. (April 16, 2009)
As gifts from staff and faculty continue to be made online or sent to the Hardship Fund at 130 Day Hall, applications to the fund are also being submitted. (April 16, 2009)
Two upcoming webinar workshops offered by the Office of Workforce Diversity, Equity and Life Quality will help supervisors and staff members develop and implement flexible work arrangements. (April 16, 2009)
Which campus construction projects are moving forward during the construction pause? A Web site that went live April 15 has the answers. (April 15, 2009)
The Cornell production of Leonard Bernstein's rarely seen 'Mass' will have more than 125 performers on stage at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, April 21-26. (April 15, 2009)