Assemblies Update, Week of Feb. 11

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.

Bunn's Beat Generation film gains buzz at Sundance

Following its Sundance Film Festival screening, “Kill Your Darlings," co-written by assistant professor Austin Bunn, gained a major distributor and is tentatively scheduled to be in theaters this fall.

MLK speaker: Leadership and education save lives

In his Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Feb. 11, author Wes Moore called for more leadership and education to save young people from dangerous alternatives like gangs.

Nature lovers can become natural area mentors

People who love the natural areas of the Finger Lakes region and who care about preserving them might consider joining Cornell Plantations' Natural Areas Academy.

Isabel Hull wins international research support prize

Isabel V. Hull, the John Stambaugh Professor of History, has won the inaugural International Research Support Prize of the Max Weber Stiftung and the Historisches Kolleg.

Shields' method to control nasty pest reaps award

Entomologist Elson Shields, who spearheaded biocontrol ways to control the alfalfa snout beetle, will receive the Entomological Foundation Award for Excellence in IPM.

Civil engineer William McGuire dies at age 92

William McGuire, professor of civil and environmental engineering emeritus, died Jan. 31 in Ithaca at age 92. A memorial service will be held Sept. 7 on campus.

Students focus on women on trip to Ghana

Eight students and a professor spent 10 days in Ghana over winter break, talking to women about their concerns for their communities. The findings will help shape future service trips to Ghana.

Put children above politics, urges Michelle Rhee ’92

Michelle Rhee '92 talked about her plan for better American schools Feb. 5 at the Cornell Club in New York City before a sold-out audience.