Institute on higher ed technology policy set for July 19-22

Cornell will welcome webmasters, computer security officers and university attorneys to the fifteenth annual Cornell University/EDUCAUSE Institute for Computer Policy and Law at the Statler Hotel. (July 12, 2010)

Cornell graduate students win top health care prizes, with awards totaling $250,000

Two Cornell graduate students have won awards that total $250,000 - one for instant, accurate testing of sore throats and another for a portable, low-power ultrasound device that promotes healing. (July 12, 2010)

Retired music professor Robert Palmer dies at age 95

Robert M. Palmer, professor emeritus of composition and founder of the Doctor of Musical Arts program in composition at Cornell, died July 3 at the age of 95. (July 8, 2010)

Staff Education Exploration Day slated for July 21

Staff Education Exploration Day (S.E.E.D.), July 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., G10 Biotech, features new workshops designed to help Cornell employees advance in their careers as well as many exhibits.

60 boxes of surplus office supplies go to local nonprofits

Alumni Affairs and Development has recycled and redistributed office supplies gathered from recent office moves, saving $72,000 in office supply purchases and distributing the surplus to area not-for-profits. (July 7, 2010)

Rawlings, Ehrenberg to serve on national committee to study future of research universities

Hunter Rawlings and Ronald Ehrenberg have been appointed to a new National Research Council committee that will undertake a review of how the federal government can ensure the health of U.S. research universities. (July 6, 2010)

Two on faculty to participate at Frontiers of Engineering

The symposium, to take place Sept. 23-25 in Armonk, N.Y., will examine cloud computing, autonomous aerospace systems, engineering and music, and engineering inspired by biology. (June 29, 2010)

Ronald Seeber appointed senior vice provost

In his new role, effective July 1 through 2015, Ronald Seeber will be responsible for the social science infrastructure units, which support social scientists across all the colleges.

Learning, not lazy days, define on-campus summer activities

Cornell is abuzz all summer with some 4,000 students taking classes or doing research, 400 adults in Cornell Adult University and scores of visitors taking part in one of 60 conferences on campus. (June 25, 2010)