Things to Do, Sept. 19-26

Events on campus include late night performances at the Schwartz Center, soprano Dawn Upshaw at Barnes Hall, a jazz concert with John Funkhouser '89 and a reading by writer Luis Urrea.

Go take a hike! Cascadilla Gorge Trail reopens

Closed for six years of storm-related repairs, the Cascadilla Gorge Trail – from College Avenue to Treman Triangle Park in downtown Ithaca – reopened Monday, Sept. 15, with the ceremonial exhortation: “Go take a hike!”

Students are best part of job, says retiring VP Susan Murphy

Susan Murphy, vice president for student and academic services since 1994, has announced she will retire June 30, 2015.

Human Ecology launches grassroots green campaign

More than 30 Human Ecology students, staff and faculty have signed on to become Green Ambassadors who will lead a peer-to-peer campaign to conserve campus resources and promote a culture of sustainability across the college.

Dazzling festivities in NYC celebrate Cornell's 150th

Cornellians kicked off the first of the university’s regional sesquicentennial celebrations in a big way in the Big Apple Sept. 12-13.

Award recognizes campus diversity, inclusion efforts

Cornell has won a national diversity award from INSIGHT Into Diversity for its measurable achievements in broadening diversity and inclusion on campus.

Congressional Budget Office director: Spending can't last

Douglas Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office, focused on shifting priorities in the federal budget in a Sept. 11 campus talk.

Diversity expert encourages self-reflection

Maura Cullen, an authority on diversity issues on college campuses, encouraged her audience to evaluate inherent biases and to overcome them in a campus talk Sept. 11.

Hackathon showcases smart content search engine

Participants in Big Red//Hacks Sept. 26-28 will get access to a new smart content search engine in use by startup Speare, founded by Rahul Shah ’16.