New retirement Incentive program is focus of March forums

The new Staff Retirement Incentive program is generating much discussion. To answer questions, a series of open forums is being offered every Friday in March.

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)

Longtime Campus Life leader LeNorman Strong leaves for UC-Berkeley

LeNorman Strong, assistant vice president for student and academic services at Cornell since 1998, is leaving Cornell to take a position at the University of California-Berkley. (March 4, 2009)

Computer games (and pizza) help build K-12 computer skills

Cornell computer science students are using computer games to attract public school students to computer science with a free after-school course in game-making. (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)