Interim leaders named for enrollment, admissions

Jason Locke, director of undergraduate admissions at Cornell since 2003, has been appointed interim associate vice provost for enrollment, and Shawn Felton will serve as interim director of undergraduate admissions.

Things to Do, July 5-Aug. 2

Events on campus in July include free concerts, lectures and performances; the annual Summer Party at the Johnson Museum of Art, and Staff Development Day for employees.

Graying of rural America has policy implications

Cornell professors discussed the trends of an aging American population at a June 20 presentation in Washington, D.C.

Grad students train to communicate science

Two graduate students were chosen from 700 to attend a workshop on communicating science.

100 years of plant biology is celebrated

Faculty, students and alumni of the Department of Plant Biology celebrated the department's centennial June 28-29.

Low-energy usage makes new 'blue lights' special

To further promote energy conservation, Cornell has been switching all of its approximately 120 campus-safety “blue lights” this summer from energy hogging incandescence to a LED technology, which sips power at one-tenth the rate.

O'Donnell's 'Party Wall' opens at MoMA PS1 in New York

Assistant professor of architecture Caroline O’Donnell's "Party Wall" installation at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City earned praise at its June 27 opening for its sustainable and innovative design.

Junior earns Congress' most prestigious honor for youth

Natalie Domeisen ’15 has been honored with a 2013 Congressional Gold Medal Award.

Soaring CUAir wins unmanned air systems competition

CUAir, a group of high-flying Cornell engineering students, soared into first place at the Student Unmanned Air Systems Competition held at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, June 19-22.