The United Way of Tompkins County kicks off its 2016-17 campaign with the Stephen E. Garner Day of Caring Sept. 15, followed by the Cornell United Way Campaign kickoff Sept. 16.
Anthony Ryan, professor at the University of Sheffield, U.K., has been named the 2016 Mary Upson Visiting Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering and will deliver several campus lectures.
More than 300 people came to Collegetown for the third annual BEAR (Being Engaged and Responsible) Walk, which brought together local residents, students, elected officials and Cornell staff for a communitywide fair.
Researchers from the College of Engineering and Weill Cornell Medicine will fight the spread of breast cancer and other cancers with a $9.3M, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute.
As Cornell's 2016-17 Menschel Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Jed Sparks, who directs the Cornell Isotope Laboratory, will develop a handbook for field teaching this year.
Teaching diverse students and recognizing their experiences and identities were among elements of inclusive pedagogy discussed by a student panel during New Faculty Orientation.
The Office of the Title IX Coordinator, dedicated solely to Title IX concerns, is headed by Sarah Affel, and includes two Title IX investigators, Elizabeth McGrath and Kareem Peat, and a case coordinator, Jessica Reynolds.
