'Third act peppy numbers' enliven science classes

A professional theater background makes ecologist Jed Sparks' classes both effective and out of the ordinary. (Dec. 5, 2012)

Staff recognition efforts increase in response to survey

Responding to the Employee Survey, an Employee Recognition Team has developed new staff recognition programs ranging from new awards and ways of thanking each other to informal gatherings. (Dec. 5, 2012)

Big Red Apple, Ezra's Morning Cup win ice cream contest

This year's student ice cream contest winners are Big Red Apple and Ezra's Morning Cup. The assignment was to develop flavors to honor the Cornell NYC Tech campus. (Dec. 4, 2012)

Music's backstory inspires student conductor

Lorraine Fitzmaurice '13 will conduct the Dec. 5 concert at Sage Chapel, 'War and Politics: The Dirty Side of Early Music.' She is passionate about the back history of the pieces she works on. (Dec. 3, 2012)

Cornell alumni discuss the business of the NBA

A panel of six Cornellians who work as National Basketball Association executives told a Cornell Club-New York audience about life in the league, Nov. 28. (Dec. 3, 2012)

CARE Fund auction raises $8,000

The annual Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Emergencies (CARE) Fund online auction raised $8,000 in November. Gifts to the fund are accepted year-round. (Dec. 3, 2012)

Officials: Know your department's inclement weather plans

Employees should work with their managers to discuss their unit or department's plans for inclement weather, as well as review their personal emergency plans with their families, say Cornell leaders. (Nov. 28, 2012)

Big Red hockey dominates Michigan at Frozen Apple

At a sold out exhibition hockey game Nov. 24 in Madison Square Garden in New York City, Big Red skated to victory over the University of Michigan with a 5-1 win. (Nov. 26, 2012)

Professor Emeritus Robert K. Finn dies at age 92

Robert Kaul Finn '41, a pioneer in the field of biochemical engineering and professor emeritus of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Cornell, died Nov. 3. He was 92. (Nov. 21, 2012)