Cornell has moved up one spot in the annual college rankings from U.S. News and World Report, which places the university at No. 15, up from 16 last year, out of 280 schools that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors along with master’s and doctoral degrees.
Forty-one Cornell graduates have joined the incoming Teach For America corps of 5,900 individuals this year, making Cornell the eighth-largest contributor of new teachers this year among schools of its size.
David R. Lee, professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, has been named the first Provost’s Fellow for Internationalization.
A panel of faculty and administrators, including alumni, discussed the history of the Latino community at Cornell with students Sept. 5 at the Latino Living Center in Anna Comstock Hall.
With reminders to nurture the community that cultivates the university, Cornell kicked off its 2014-15 United Way campaign Sept. 8. This year’s goals: $815,000 in donations.
The Department of Ecology and Environmental Biology (EEB) will celebrate its 50th year – and the university’s 150th – with a Sesquicentennial Colloquium series in the fall and spring semesters.
About 500 works on the Haskalah – the Jewish enlightenment in Europe beginning in the second half of the 18th century have arrived at Cornell University Library thanks to Steven Chernys ’83.
