The Cornell Black Alumni Association has honored James and Janice Turner for their service to Cornell by launching a campaign to fund a scholarship for African-American students. (Dec. 23, 2010)
Nick Salvato, assistant professor of theatre in the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance, has published his first book in Yale University Press' Yale Studies in English series. (Dec. 20, 2010)
Davina Desnoes has been named budget director and John Adams is now assistant vice president for planning and budget, both in the Division of Planning and Budget. (Dec. 16, 2010)
Sherry Martin, associate professor of government, won a Fellowship for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan from the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities. (Dec. 14, 2010)
Daniel Eduardo Ferrero, 26, a second-year student in the Law School, was found dead in his Quarry Street apartment Dec. 12. He died of natural causes. (Dec. 14, 2010)
Cornell's agricultural sciences major has received a $1 million gift from Richard C. Call, CALS '52, and his wife, Marie, to establish the Richard C. Call Directorship of Agricultural Sciences. (Dec. 14, 2010)
The Institute for the Social Sciences (ISS) has announced the recipients of its biannual small-grant award for interdisciplinary research and conference support for fall 2010.
Kenneth L. Robinson, the L.H. Bailey Professor Emeritus of Applied Economics and Management, who taught and conducted research at Cornell for 36 years, died recently at age 89. (Dec. 10, 2010)
At a meeting Dec. 3, President David Skorton emphasized the need for greater communication with staff, who are still dealing with the workloads and stresses brought about by the recession. (Dec. 9, 2010)