The Cornell Symphony Orchestra will premiere 'Anillos,' by Cornell composer Roberto Sierra, Oct. 11 in Bailey Hall, as part of the American Astronomical Society's Division of Planetary Sciences annual meeting. (Oct. 8, 2008)
Africana and English faculty member Carol Boyce Davies has received an award from the Association of Black Women Historians for her historical biography of radical intellectual Claudia Jones. (Oct. 8, 2008)
Larry Blume, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics and professor of information science, has co-edited a 7,680-page, eight-volume work, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd ed. (Oct. 8, 2008)
Cornell astronomer Yervant Terzian received a Gold Medal, the highest honor from the Armenian government's Ministry of Science and Education, in Yerevan, Armenia Sept. 17. (Oct. 7, 2008)
Cornell President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes has been appointed to the board of trustees of King Abdullah University for Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. (Oct. 7, 2008)
Alan Mathios, the new Rebecca Q. and James C. Morgan Dean of the College of Human Ecology, plans to improve facilities, collaborations and real-world learning. (Oct. 7, 2008)
The new PeopleSoft computer system is not so much about technology as it is about better business practices and capabilities the university didn't have before. (Oct. 2, 2008)
Why do employees leave? What motivates good employees to stay? How skilled an employee's supervisor is plays a major role, a new study shows. (Oct. 2, 2008)
Tickets are on sale until Oct. 24 for the Annual Cornell Employee Celebration, Nov. 1. The celebration features Cornell athletic events and a community dinner in Barton Hall, 3-5 p.m. (Oct. 2, 2008)
