Philosophy students serve up the ethics of eating

Contemplating concepts like sustenance grown nearby and global dietary choices, students from the Ethics of Eating course turned local food into a feast for food columnist Mark Bittman.

Logevall named vice provost for international relations

Fredrik Logevall, the John S. Knight Professor of International Studies and director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, will succeed Alice Pell, effective July 1.

Tim Squyres '81 – from fleeing physics to 'Life of Pi'

Film editor Tim Squyres '81, who introduces his latest movie with Ang Lee, “Life of Pi,” March 10 at Cornell Cinema, talks about his embrace of film production as a Cornell student.

Writer Andrew Boryga is Undergraduate Artist of the Year

The Cornell Council for the Arts has announced the selection of fiction writer Andrew Boryga '13 as the Undergraduate Artist of the Year for 2012-13. A reading and award presentation is April 25.

Things to Do, March 8-15

Events on campus this week include music of the Irish-American experience from Solas, a book talk on Abraham Lincoln's rhetorical power, a Glee Club collaborative concert and new foreign films.

Library to help researchers meet new requirements

Cornell University Library will work with researchers to meet new requirements for federally funded research that call for free access to funded research and data.

Changes in study of natural history also changed poetry

As the study of natural history changed over time, so too have the words writers used to describe the natural world, said Lawrence Lipking, Ph.D. '62, a visiting professor in a Feb. 26 campus lecture.

Robert Isaacs appointed director of choral music

Robert Isaacs has been appointed director of choral music in the Department of Music effective July 1. He will oversee all four choirs at Cornell and conduct the Cornell Glee Club and Chorus.

Sachs explores cemetery roots of American parks

In his new book 'Arcadian America,' historian Aaron Sachs examines a lost American environmental tradition, in the cemeteries that served as the nation's first urban parks.