Nominations sought for two new staff awards

Nominations are being accepted through Feb. 28 for two new employee awards - an individual excellence award and a management award - created in response to feedback from last year's Employee Survey.

Emancipation Proclamation to be displayed

Cornell University Library's copy of the Emancipation Proclamation will be displayed Feb. 11-18 in Kroch Library as part of the exhibition 'Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation at 150.'

Riché Richardson pays homage to Rosa Parks

Africana professor Riche Richardson will travel to Montgomery, Ala., to speak at the 100th birthday celebration of the late civil rights icon Rosa Parks Feb. 4.

John Guckenheimer wins 2013 Steele Prize

Presented annually by the American Mathematical Society, the Steele Prize is one of the highest distinctions in mathematics.

Eight fashion design students win national award

Eight undergraduates each earned $5,000 awards for their distinguished work in fashion design and business in the national YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund competition.

Cornell taekwondo team takes No. 1

The Cornell Sport Taekwondo team has risen to No. 1 in the Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference, a 30-school league that includes all the Ivies.

Things to Do, Feb. 1-8

Things to Do the week of Feb. 1-8 include a conference on memory, a classical piano trio, a blood drive and a roundtable on the needs of the very old and very young.

Assemblies Update, Week of Jan. 28

An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.

Internment novel chosen for 2013 reading project

This summer incoming first-year students, new transfer students and others in the Cornell community will be reading Julie Otsuka’s 2003 novel, “When the Emperor Was Divine,” Vice Provost Laura Brown announced.