Patsy Brannon reappointed to USDA advisory board

Patsy Brannon, professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Ecology, will serve on the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics Advisory Board.

Symposium sets tone for 'new wave of leaders' at Cornell

More than 125 faculty and staff participated in "A New Wave of Leaders," a symposium hosted by Engaged Cornell Dec. 8.

Cornell's Chai Notes sing at White House Hanukkah party

The Chai Notes, Cornell's Jewish, co-ed a cappella group, traveled to Washington, D.C., to perform at the White House Hanukkah party, the annual event hosted by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama.

ILR's John Abowd to lead U.S. Census Bureau research

ILR School Professor John M. Abowd will join the U.S. Census Bureau as associate director for research and methodology and chief scientist, Census Bureau Director John H. Thompson announced Dec. 10.

Things to Do, Dec. 11-Jan. 23

Events on campus include the Cornell Concerto Competition, Ithakid Film Festival at Cornell Cinema, a Spanish mass in Anabel Taylor Chapel, student films and exhibits ending at the Johnson Museum.

New grant programs target grad students, CCE collaborations

Engaged Cornell is launching grant programs for doctoral students and for student teams, designed to enhance partnerships with community-engaged research and scholarship in New York state and beyond.

Alum, Ithaca natives pen song on latest CeeLo Green album

The song "Thorns" on CeeLo Green's new album is the work of Alex Kresovich ’08, who produced the song and co-wrote it with fellow Ithaca natives Sam Nelson Harris and Hayden Frank.

Cornell Rewind: The fluid landscapes of yesteryear

Throughout Cornell's history, the campus exists as a fluid representation of history, culture, science, the arts and tradition, which give way to modern mores and contemporary values.

For the love of dirt, Dec. 10 event offers soil painting

On Dec. 10, the public can try soil painting as part of a soil celebration led by the Soil and Crop Sciences Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science on World Soil Day.