Fashion design senior wins $30K Geoffrey Beene scholarship

Senior fashion design major Justine Lee received a $30,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship for her design of a clothing "system."

Cornell ice cream returns to Dairy Bar

Cornell Dairy ice cream returns for retail sale this week following a $105 million renovation to Stocking Hall, home of the Department of Food Science.

Things to Do, Jan. 17-24

Events this week include a reading by emeritus professor James McConkey, an exhibition on the Arctic and climate change, a critical dissection of values in the movies and a Cornell Glee Club concert.

Watkins named Cornell Cooperative Extension director

Christopher Watkins, Cornell's Herman M. Cohn Professor of Postharvest Science, has been named director of Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Community events celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

Kirby Edmonds, a Dorothy Cotton Institute senior fellow, will present the keynote address at a luncheon, Jan. 20, at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School. Librada Paz, council member of the western New York for the Rural and Migrant Ministry, will give an afternoon keynote at Ithaca College.

Facilities VP named to sustainability association board

KyuJung Whang, Cornell vice president for facilities, has been named to the board of directors of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Keith Tidball named USDA visiting scholar

Senior extension associate Keith Tidball, an expert on disaster response and recovery, has been selected a 2014 visiting scholar by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Campus mourns death of Milica Mandic '14

Susan Murphy, vice president for student and academic services, issued a statement to the Cornell community on the death of Milica Mandic '14.

Steve Strogatz wins Euler Book Prize

Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics, has received the Euler Book Prize from the Mathematical Association of America.