Human Ecology launches grassroots green campaign

More than 30 Human Ecology students, staff and faculty have signed on to become Green Ambassadors who will lead a peer-to-peer campaign to conserve campus resources and promote a culture of sustainability across the college.

Dazzling festivities in NYC celebrate Cornell's 150th

Cornellians kicked off the first of the university’s regional sesquicentennial celebrations in a big way in the Big Apple Sept. 12-13.

Award recognizes campus diversity, inclusion efforts

Cornell has won a national diversity award from INSIGHT Into Diversity for its measurable achievements in broadening diversity and inclusion on campus.

Congressional Budget Office director: Spending can't last

Douglas Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office, focused on shifting priorities in the federal budget in a Sept. 11 campus talk.

Diversity expert encourages self-reflection

Maura Cullen, an authority on diversity issues on college campuses, encouraged her audience to evaluate inherent biases and to overcome them in a campus talk Sept. 11.

Hackathon showcases smart content search engine

Participants in Big Red//Hacks Sept. 26-28 will get access to a new smart content search engine in use by startup Speare, founded by Rahul Shah ’16.

Bethe lecturer to tackle black holes, quantum theory

Juan Maldacena, is a leading theorist of quantum gravity, string theory and quantum field theory, will deliver the fall 2014 Hans Bethe lecture Sept. 24 on campus.

University surpasses $4.75 billion 'Cornell Now' campaign goal

Cornell has surpassed its 'Cornell Now' campaign goal, thanks to a record year of giving in 2014. Funds raised go toward the university’s top strategic priorities, including students, faculty, programs and facilities.

Panel discusses the death of Michael Brown

A campus panel examined the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Sept. 10.