The School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell has established the Jack Sheinkman Chair of Collective Bargaining in honor of the former president of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union.
Byron S.J. Weng, professor of government and public administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong will deliver three Messenger Lectures at Cornell this fall.
Last winter's mish-mash of weather sent bird-watchers to their field guides as species showed up where they're usually not. Documenting irruptions of seldom-seen species throughout North America.
CŽsar Gaviria, president of Colombia from 1990 to 1994 and secretary-general of the Organization of American States since September 1994, will deliver a public lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
The Facility Planning and Management Program at Cornell, the first undergraduate program of its kind, is now the first such program in the world to be officially recognized by the International Facilities Management Association.
A two-day symposium, "American Society: Diversity and Consensus," will be held at Cornell Oct. 20-21, both to honor Robin W. Williams Jr., the Henry Scarborough Professor Emeritus of Social Science at Cornell.
Ten artists and intellectuals with personal and professional ties to Algeria will visit Cornell next week for a conference on the political and cultural issues facing this violence-racked nation in northern Africa.
Cornell students, including members of fraternity and sorority councils, and Collegetown residents will take to the streets of Collegetown on Saturday, Sept. 28, Public Service Day. Activities include cleaning neighborhood sidewalks, streets, utility poles and open spaces.
