Shoals celebrates J.B. Heiser, its second director

HeiserFest, a symposium honoring Shoals Marine Lab's second director, J.B. Heiser, featured lectures by 16 colleagues whose careers he helped to shape. Presenters came from as far away as Australia. (Sept. 14, 2012)

Student leaders brainstorm about campus issues

Student leaders from more than 20 organizations convened Sept. 8 at a Leadership Roundtable, an initiative that brings student leaders together on a monthly basis to address issues of concern. (Sept. 13, 2012)

Assemblies Update, Week of Sept. 10

An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly. (Sept. 13, 2012)

Provost approves revisions to academic calendar

At the Sept. 12 Faculty Senate meeting, Provost Kent Fuchs updated faculty on various university topics, including his acceptance of the revised academic calendar the senate had ratified in May.

Statement on revisions to the academic calendar

Provost Kent Fuchs issued a university statement on revisions to the academic calendar. Changes will go into effect beginning in the spring semester of 2014.

Infosys founder Murthy says entrepreneurs make 'the possibly impossible happen'

Entrepreneurship can transform the world and lift people out of poverty, said N.R. Narayana Murthy, speaking on campus Sept. 10. But an entrepreneur needs leadership and courage. (Sept. 12, 2012)

Mushrooms, wings, experimental designs highlight student fiber arts exhibit

Fashion design major Brandon Wen's edgy piece in the Fiber Arts and Wearable Arts Exhibition was inspired by nature, film and art. But to pull off his vision, he needed help from a Cornell mycologist. (Sept. 12, 2012)

Friedman wins Lilly Poetry Fellowship

Poet Nicholas Friedman, MFA '12, a lecturer in the Department of English, is one of five recipients of a $15,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship, intended to encourage the writing and study of poetry. (Sept. 12, 2012)

Kent Kleinman reappointed to second term as AAP dean

Kent Kleinman, the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, has been appointed to a second five-year term as dean, beginning July 1, 2013.