System of Rice Intensification earns food security prize

The System of Rice Intensification, a method of growing rice that enhances crop yields and is resilient to climate change, won the international Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security.

Iconic veterinary professor Francis H. Fox dies at 92

Francis H. Fox, DVM '45, professor emeritus of large animal medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine, died March 13 in Ithaca at the age of 92.

Scholarship sends ILR student to study Indonesian language

ILR School student J. Lowell Jackson ’17 will study Bahasa Indonesian for three months this summer through the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship Program.

Posse retreat fosters discussion on crime and punishment

At a retreat focusing on crime and punishment Feb. 13-15, students in the Posse program along with their mentors discussed the U.S. prison and justice systems and ways to improve them.

Greg Morrisett to return to Cornell as CIS dean

Greg Morrisett, the Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, has been named dean of Computing and Information Science. A former member of the Cornell faculty, he will assume his new post July 1.

Cornell Cinema celebrates 45 years on campus

Cornell Cinema celebrates its 45th anniversary this year, with 'A Black & White Ball' as this year's Elegant Winter Party benefit event, March 21 in the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room.

University announces March 25 as first Cornell Giving Day

The aim of Giving Day, March 25, is to rally as many people as possible to create the single biggest day of giving in Cornell history – and, in turn, create an unprecedented wave of support that will benefit programs across the university.

90th Hotel Ezra Cornell set for March 19-22

Hotel Ezra Cornell (HEC), the annual weekend-long educational conference will be held on campus March 19-22. For the 90th edition of the conference is "... and the rest is history!"

Skorton to hold meeting on university finances March 16

President David J. Skorton will hold a town hall meeting for the campus community on university finances Monday, March 16, noon to 1 p.m., in Room G10 of the Biotechnology Building.