The Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce has named Rosie Applications as the Distinguished Business of the Year Award for its investment in Ithaca and being pioneers of the tech service industry in the county.
Cornell enters the home stretch of its United Way campaign, having reached more than 85 percent of its goal, and getting ready to hold its one-day online auction Feb. 10.
Events this week include a Lego expo with local student teams, jazz bassists Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer, and a new film on rethinking public education.
To demonstrate that by using creativity all employees can participate in Cornell's opportunities, Angela Winfield, director of Inclusion and Workforce Diversity, scaled the wall at the new Lindseth Climbing Center.
Interim President Hunter Rawlings sent his condolences Tuesday to the family of Nellie Corson, widow of Cornell's eighth president, Dale Corson. Nellie Corson died Monday, Jan. 23, at the age of 102.
Cornell helps set its students on the path to the American Dream, according to the Equality of Opportunity Project's "Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational Mobility."
On Feb. 3-4, the English department will host an international conference to address the theoretical impact and importance of the groundbreaking "Theory of the Lyric" by professor Jonathan Culler.
