Provost Kent Fuchs has appointed Professor Jon Kleinberg ’93 interim dean of the Faculty of Computing and Information Science through December 2015, while Dean Haym Hirsh takes a personal leave.
The president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, visits campus Nov. 20-22. He will deliver a public lecture, “Iceland’s Clean Energy Economy – A Roadmap to Sustainability and Good Business,” Nov. 21 at 4 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium.
Corning Inc. CEO and Chairman Wendell Weeks will deliver the 27th Durland Memorial Lecture Nov. 17 at 4:30 p.m. in the Bill and Melinda Gates Hall auditorium.
The university is implementing new search accountability oversight measures to ensure that every search attracts a diverse pool of candidates. The measures are part of a multilayered strategy for supporting faculty recruitment and retention.
At the Conference on the Histories of Capitalism on campus Nov. 7, Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson said the U.S. is devolving into a plutocracy due to disengaged voters.
For the eighth year, Cornell University has been recognized for its employee adoption benefits by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, moving into first place among education institutions and tying for 71st place overall.
