Alumnus to head Agricultural Technology Foundation

Agronomist and business strategist Daniel Fungai Mataruka, Ph.D. '92, has been appointed executive director of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation in Nairobi, Kenya. (March 4, 2009)

Josephine Allen, first tenured black woman at Cornell, reflects on 32-year career

Josephine Allen, professor emerita of policy analysis and management, was the first African-American woman to receive tenure at Cornell. Retiring after 32 years, she looks back at her career. (March 3, 2009)

Cornell Police cars go high tech with data terminals

It's not quite Jack Bauer's superpowered cell phone, but Cornell University Police officers will soon have a lot of new communications tools at hand through mobile data terminals in their patrol cars. (March 2, 2009)

New column to focus on new laws, opportunities

The first in a new series of columns with news from Benefits Services. (March 2, 2009)

Obama's presidential campaign manager to give 2009 Convocation address

The 2009 Convocation speaker will be David Plouffe, manager of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, the Class of 2009 has announced. Convocation will be held May 23 at noon at Schoellkopf Stadium. (Feb. 26, 2009)

Herbert Carlin, pioneer in telecommunications technology, dies at age 91

Carlin was a leading authority in the fields of wideband circuit design and network theory and helped advance the development of modern telecommunications technology. (Feb. 26, 2009)

Campus reporting program takes the pulse of bias

The Bias Incidence Response Program tracks cases of bias on campus, such as graffiti or verbal abuse, in which the individual responsible is not known. (Feb. 25, 2009)

Japanese scholar Eleanor Jorden died Feb. 11

Eleanor Jorden, who established Cornell as a leading institution for the study of Japanese, died Feb. 11. (Feb. 25, 2009)

Gary Evans to serve on national board

Professor Gary W. Evans has been appointed to the Board on Children, Youth and Families of the National Academy of Sciences, which makes policy recommendations. (Feb. 24, 2009)