From medicine to art, chemistry alumni to talk careers April 11

Five Cornellians with careers from medicine to forensic science to art preservation will return to campus April 11 for "The Places You Will Go: How Chemistry Impacted my Life – Cornell and Beyond."

Cornell Hillel to honor David Skorton with Tanner Prize

President David J. Skorton will receive the the 2015 Tanner Prize May 29 at the Cornell Club of New York in honor of his contributions to the Jewish people and Cornell University.

Soprano, professor of music Judith Kellock dies

Judith Kellock, an internationally known soprano and a beloved and active member of the Cornell music faculty, died March 27 in Ithaca. She was 64.

Cornell Perspectives: Student marches in Selma, 50 years later

On March 8, Thaddeus Talbot retraced the steps of civil-rights marchers 1965 trek from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Things have changed, but more remains to be done, Talbot writes.

Cornell Giving Day raises nearly $7M for colleges and units

On its first-ever Giving Day, March 25, the university received donations from more than 9,600 people totaling $6.97 million dollars. The gifts, mostly made online, came from people in every U.S. state and 52 countries on six continents.

Students’ hospitality business plans honored

Three hospitality business plans to the top three spots in the School of Hotel Administration’s (SHA) Hospitality Business Plan Competition. Winners were announced March 21.

Lindsay Springer wins top grad student food chemistry prize

Lindsay Springer, an accidental wine expert and a graduate student in the field of food science, won the Graduate Research Award March 24 for her work in red wine quality.

Internationalizing the Cornell Curriculum grants awarded

The Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs has awarded $350,000 to 25 faculty projects designed to internationalize undergraduate teaching, learning and research at Cornell.

What becomes a dragon most ... is teamwork

First-year architecture students carry on more than a century of campus tradition March 27 with Dragon Day, an annual project honing the architects' skills in design, fabrication and teamwork.