The United Auto Workers Local 2300, which represents more than 1,200 service and maintenance employees on the Ithaca campus, has ratified a new, three-year agreement with the university. (July 22, 2009)
David Yeh, assistant vice president for student and academic services since 1987, has been named assistant provost at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, effective July 31. (July 22, 2009)
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care awarded a three-year reaccreditation to Cornell's Gannett Health Services and described Gannett as 'a model university health service.' (July 17, 2009)
L. Sanford Reis '29, whose gifts to the university included the Reis Tennis Center and the main stage of the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, died June 27 at age 101 in Sarasota, Fla. (July 16, 2009)
The assistant professor of computer science is one of five 2009 Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellows. His fellowship will support research into new ways to conduct auctions and anonymous online voting. (July 15, 2009)
Jiwoong Park and Derek Warner are recipients of Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, which honor outstanding researchers near the beginning of their careers. (July 14, 2009)
Andrew R. Chraplyvy and Robert W. Tkach, who have been research partners for more than two decades, will receive the $100,000 award for their research into optical fiber nonlinearities. (July 9, 2009)
