Colleague Network Groups share commonalities, explore differences

Spokespersons from a new video, 'Making Connections with Colleague Network Groups,' discuss how affinity groups help those from traditionally underrepresented minorities – and their allies – establish professional support systems and explore their differences.

Presidential Search Committee seeks input by May 5

If you could not attend one of the open forums in New York or on the Ithaca campus and have ideas to share about Cornell’s next leader, email your comments to the committee by May 5.

Things to Do, May 2-9

Events this week include traditional Javanese and new electronic music, a talk on the history of synthesizers, the Locally Grown Dance Festival, a panel on Latin American violence and Slope Day.

Cornell and county United Way campaigns top goals

Thanks to thousands of generous donations from staff and faculty members, Cornell’s 2014 United Way Campaign raised a total of $815,152, exceeding its goal of $815,000.

Win or lose, this computer game teaches biology

A Cornell graduate student's educational computer game is getting positive reviews from teachers and students in Ithaca-area high schools.

Buckler elected to National Academy of Sciences

Edward Buckler, a Cornell and U.S. Department of Agriculture research geneticist, was elected a new member of the National Academy of Sciences April 29.

Professor Emeritus Werner Dannhauser dies at 84

Werner Dannhauser, professor emeritus of government, died April 26 in Frederick, Pa., at the age of 84.

'Hotel Impossible' fixer speaks Friday at Statler

Anthony Melchiorri, host of the makeover show “Hotel Impossible,” speaks Friday at Statler Auditorium.

Class examines Cornell past and future

This “Rise and Fall of ‘Civilization’” class, taught by Professor Adam T. Smith, examines traditional archaeological topics, partly by looking at our current civilization and imagining the Cornell campus 1,000 years from now.