Effective June 1, Cornell's former president will lead the Association of American Universities, an organization of 63 leading public and private research universities in the United States and Canada. (March 21, 2011)
At its March 9 meeting, the Faculty Senate passed a resolution discouraging professors from assigning extra academic work over breaks. (March 17, 2011)
Max Liu '11, Allison Truhlar '11 and Ben Cole '10 have received 2011 Gates Cambridge scholarships, which support post-baccalaureate study at Cambridge University. (March 17, 2011)
Economist David Card said at a public talk March 15 that immigrants tended to take jobs at the high and low ends of the wage spectrum, and their wages don't affect Americans' salaries. (March 17, 2011)
A conference and concert festival celebrating the new baroque organ highlighted music of early 1700s Berlin, scientific research, organ design, and the musical passions of a Prussian princess. (March 16, 2011)
Government professor Suzanne Mettler has found that many Americans who receive government benefits perceive themselves as not receiving aid. (March 14, 2011)
At BOOM 2011 March 9, dozens of students showed off their cutting-edge projects, from game software to robotics to autonomous aircraft and submarines. (March 14, 2011)
A new one-credit course, The First American University, covers Cornell's history as a coeducational, nonsectarian institution and a multitude of factoids on Cornell lore.
