CARE Fund needs donations for auction

The CARE Fund (Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Employees) needs to bolster its funding through donations by Cornell community members for its annual CARE Fund Online Auction, to be held Nov. 4-8. Donations are needed by Oct. 15.

Things to Do, Sept. 13-20

Events on campus this week include visiting artists, a field day at Dilmun Hill Farm, Constitution Day panels, and a celebration at the Johnson Museum.

Australian envoy lauds U.S. diplomacy in Southeast Asia

Kim Beazley, the Australian ambassador to the United States, spoke on campus Sept. 10 about U.S. diplomatic efforts in Southeast Asia. He says they are succeeding.

Diversity hosting boosts undergrad recruitment

The student-run Diversity Hosting Month is part of an initiative helping Cornell to recruit minority prospects and exceed the university's strategic goal for diversity in enrollment.

Klarman Hall site preps, awaits construction

Early construction work for Klarman Hall, the College of Arts and Sciences’ new humanities building, is in full swing.

Verizon CEO to give Hatfield lecture Sept. 19

Verizon chairman and CEO Lowell C. McAdam '76 will speak on campus Sept. 19 as the 32nd Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education on “Tackling the World's Biggest Challenges: The Future of Communications Technology.”

Experts to focus on food security in a vulnerable world

“Food Security in a Vulnerable World” will be a daylong symposium Sept. 12 that will include World Food Prize laureates, World Food Prize Youth Institute alumni, journalists and researchers.

Homecoming celebration is weeklong fun

Homecoming 2013 extends its usual weekend run to an entire week of activities on campus, culminating in the football game against Bucknell Saturday, Sept. 21, at 3 p.m.

Ithaca may kindle America's budding hydrogen economy

A new hydrogen filling station – nestled in Ithaca – could help to activate a new, national energy economy, since automakers plan to begin selling fuel-cell cars by 2016.