Public engagement showcased in San Francisco

Cornell's public engagement mission was showcased March 12 to about 225 Bay-Area alumni, parents and friends. Also in March, Cornellians hosted an event at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas.

Class of 1950 helps fund theater upgrades

An anonymous donor and the Class of 1950 are aiding student performance groups by supporting upgrades to the theater in Willard Straight Hall.

Alumna applauded for efforts against human trafficking

Jean Baderschneider, Ph.D. '78, then an ExxonMobil executive, found a new career while waiting to board a flight from Angola to London.

Cornell sweetens upstate New York's dairy future

The connection between Cornell and the Akron, N.Y.-based ice cream company Perry's goes back generations, to when Marlo Perry '35 took knowledge acquired in his dairy science classes back to the family dairy.

Out of loss comes perspective, says Mar Perez

Staff member Mar Perez describes how her and her family's loss of most of their material possessions led her to value people and gave her the guiding lights of her life: her parents' courage, faith and hope.

Three prominent Republicans to visit in April

Three prominent Republicans will speak on campus during April. They are S.E. Cupp '00, former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), and former Republican presidential nominee Herman Cain.

Environmentalist E.O. Wilson to give Olin Lecture

Edward O. Wilson, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner often considered the father of the modern environmental movement, will deliver the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecture Friday, April 19.

Classes use energy dashboard to study conservation

Thanks to a new online dashboard, facilities staff in the College of Human Ecology can view real-time data on water and energy consumption in the LEED Platinum-rated Human Ecology Building.

Student founds sustainable seafood program

Katharine Leigh '15 is following her passions for seafood and marine biology through an outreach program, Green Catch: Sustaining the Blue by Catching Green.