Ashkin receives arts colony fellowship

Assistant professor of art Michael Ashkin has been awarded a 2011 MacDowell Colony Fellowship. He will be in residence at the colony in New Hampshire in June. (May 23, 2011)

Giuliani to help CU celebrate 143rd Graduation Weekend

Cornell celebrates its 143rd Graduation Weekend, May 28-29. Rudolph Giuliani will give the Senior Convocation Address May 28, and President David Skorton will deliver the Commencement Address May 29. (May 23, 2011)

Almost 90 percent of students laud their CU experience

The Cornell PULSE (Perceptions of Undergraduate Life and Student Experiences) Survey finds that student satisfaction, overall and with various aspects of the Cornell experience, remains high. (May 12, 2011)

MFA artists exhibit work in Brooklyn April 28-May 7

Eleven graduate student artists are showing their individual approaches to what art can be and how to create in times of crisis, in a group exhibition of their work April 28-May 7 in Brooklyn. (April 29, 2011)

Two undergrads win Udall scholarships

Karen Chi Lin '13 and Andrew Schoen '12 have received 2011 Morris K. Udall Scholarships for students with an interest in careers in environmental public policy, health care and tribal public policy. (April 20, 2011)

Seniors present research across disciplines in annual expo

Fifty Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars presented their work at the annual Senior Expo in the Biotechnology Building April 14. (April 19, 2011)

Faculty and students discuss ways to overcome stress

In a new effort to think about how to defuse student stress, professors and undergraduates sat down to talk together about the problem at an April 6 forum on academic rigor and student support. (April 14, 2011)

Whatever happens with Google Books, HathiTrust will keep books online

While lawyers debate what Google can do with thousands of digitized books whose copyright status is in question, librarians have formed their own repository, known as HathiTrust. (April 14, 2011)

Cornell students win MIT real estate competition

A team of Johnson School and Program in Real Estate graduate students' analytical skills helped them win a national case competition held at MIT. (April 13, 2011)