At the first of four retirement forums March 6, Vice President for Human Resources Mary Opperman and human resources staff members fielded questions related to the new staff retirement incentive programs. (March 13, 2009)
Cornell's 108th annual Dragon Day on March 13 featured the usual parade through campus and ritual burning, but this year the dragon survived thanks to state environmental regulations. (March 13, 2009)
Joe Burns, professor of astronomy and the Irving Porter Church Professor of Engineering, has been named an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. (March 12, 2009)
Rosemary Stasek '85, founder of a nonprofit that helps Afghan women, focused on activism as the keynote speaker March 8 at a campus celebration for International Women's Day. (March 10, 2009)
English professors discussed the work and influence of poet A.R. Ammons and alumni Thomas Pynchon, Loida Maritza Perez and Manuel Munoz in a scholarly panel on Cornell writers March 4. (March 10, 2009)
Undergraduates directly elected Student Assembly president and executive vice president for the first time, with a record voter turn out. (March 10, 2009)
The departments of astronomy and physics will celebrate the life of astrophysicist Edwin Salpeter Saturday, March 14, at 2 p.m. in Barnes Hall. (March 9, 2009)
The new Staff Retirement Incentive program is generating much discussion. To answer questions, a series of open forums is being offered every Friday in March.
Agronomist and business strategist Daniel Fungai Mataruka, Ph.D. '92, has been appointed executive director of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation in Nairobi, Kenya. (March 4, 2009)
