An international symposium to discuss "Carceral Worlds and Human Rights across the Americas" will held Oct. 5 at the Africana Studies and Research Center, 310 Triphammer Road, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Éva Tardos, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Science, has been named the new editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery.
David S. Cohen '85, deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, spoke on campus Sept. 17 about future plans in the agency to become more diverse and increase the focus on digital security threats.
George Paul Hess, professor emeritus of biochemistry and a pioneer in the study of a class of proteins called ion channels that allow specific small molecules to enter cells, died Sept. 9.
Native American sites abound in the Ithaca area but are hard to reach due to subsequent development and poor documentation, according to Kurt Jordan of the American Indian Program in a talk Sept. 19.
A recent survey of 27 universities shows that sexual assault continues to be a national problem, with Cornell’s results largely consistent with the overall data from participating universities.
Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett said the results of an Association of American Universities campus sexual assault climate survey reinforce the need for expanded sexual assault prevention and awareness programs.
As part of inauguration events, President Elizabeth Garrett moderated a faculty panel on the challenges inequality poses for democratic institutions Sept. 18 in Bailey Hall.
At Cornell's Homecoming, generations of Cornellians joined the local community to take part in pageantry, sports, food and the inauguration of Elizabeth Garrett.
