Former White House economist talks inequality

Former White House chief economist Alan Krueger ’83 spoke about the future of the economy at the Cornell Club of New York Jan. 14.

Help needed to meet Cornell's United Way campaign goal

With 90 percent of the goal reached and more events planned, the Cornell United Way campaign enters its final fundraising phase.

Assemblies Update, Week of Jan. 13

An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.

Downtown Ithaca Incubator to help entrepreneurs

A collaborative venture among Cornell, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College, the Downtown Ithaca Incubator was launched Jan. 16 at its home in the Carey Building on East State Street.

Fashion design senior wins $30K Geoffrey Beene scholarship

Senior fashion design major Justine Lee received a $30,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship for her design of a clothing "system."

Cornell ice cream returns to Dairy Bar

Cornell Dairy ice cream returns for retail sale this week following a $105 million renovation to Stocking Hall, home of the Department of Food Science.

Things to Do, Jan. 17-24

Events this week include a reading by emeritus professor James McConkey, an exhibition on the Arctic and climate change, a critical dissection of values in the movies and a Cornell Glee Club concert.

Watkins named Cornell Cooperative Extension director

Christopher Watkins, Cornell's Herman M. Cohn Professor of Postharvest Science, has been named director of Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Community events celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

Kirby Edmonds, a Dorothy Cotton Institute senior fellow, will present the keynote address at a luncheon, Jan. 20, at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School. Librada Paz, council member of the western New York for the Rural and Migrant Ministry, will give an afternoon keynote at Ithaca College.