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.
LeNorman Strong, assistant vice president for student and academic services at Cornell since 1998, is leaving Cornell to take a position at the University of California-Berkley. (March 4, 2009)
Cornell computer science students are using computer games to attract public school students to computer science with a free after-school course in game-making. (March 4, 2009)
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)
Josephine Allen, professor emerita of policy analysis and management, was the first African-American woman to receive tenure at Cornell. Retiring after 32 years, she looks back at her career. (March 3, 2009)
It's not quite Jack Bauer's superpowered cell phone, but Cornell University Police officers will soon have a lot of new communications tools at hand through mobile data terminals in their patrol cars. (March 2, 2009)
The 2009 Convocation speaker will be David Plouffe, manager of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, the Class of 2009 has announced. Convocation will be held May 23 at noon at Schoellkopf Stadium. (Feb. 26, 2009)
