Presidential Search Committee to host campus forums

The Presidential Search Committee will hold three open forums April 28: for staff members, noon-1 p.m., Alice Statler Auditorium, Statler Hall; for faculty, 4:45-6 p.m., PepsiCo Auditorium, Stocking Hall; and for students, 4:45-6 p.m., Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall.

Campus diversity study assesses student experiences

The voices of nearly 400 Cornell students discussing their experiences with diversity on campus form the basis of a new study completed this month. Toward New Destinations has been updated to reflect new and expanding initiatives aimed to improve campus climate.

Conference aims to hook girls on science, math

The Expanding Your Horizons Conference April 12 brought middle school girls to campus to be exposed to science and math careers.

Atkinson Center launches postdoc fellowships

To help solve the world’s significant environmental problems, Cornell’s David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future announces new Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowships.

Elephant expert shares calls, images from the wild

Peter H. Wrege, director of the Elephant Listening Project, shared sounds of the animals at play and under siege in central Africa. He spoke in New York City April 10.

Land-mending advocate to give Iscol lecture April 22

Luc Gnacadja, former executive director of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, will deliver Cornell’s 2014 Iscol lecture Tuesday, April 22, at 5 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.

Galvin critiques climate of upstate entrepreneurship

Alumnus Greg Galvin assessed opportunities and challenges facing upstate New York entrepreneurs April 10 on campus.

MacArthur grant funds Reppy Institute research

Cornell’s Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies will administer at $370,000, two-year grant from the MacArthur Foundation to further its studies.

Students reap rewards in annual business contests

Winners of the Big Idea Competition, the Student Business of the Year award and the Cornell Venture Challenge were announced during the Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration, April 10-11.