Ph.D. marshal Haley Oliver earns her doctorate, despite overwhelming family crises this past year: her single-parent father was killed, and she had to oversee selling the family farm. (May 22, 2009)
Dan Shillito, who will be 38 years old this year, gave up the salary and health insurance of a zoo director in South Carolina to become a full-time veterinary student. (May 22, 2009)
When Jennifer Olson dons her gray commencement robe this weekend, she will stand on the shoulders of four family members stretching back exactly 100 years. (May 22, 2009)
John O'Brien, M.A. '89, worked for more than 20 years - 14 of them as a quadriplegic - to complete his Cornell Ph.D. in architecture history. (May 22, 2009)
Trust in the workplace is being eroded by pay cuts, reduced benefits, layoffs and bigger workloads shouldered by survivors. The good news is that employers and employees can take practical steps to rebuild trust. (May 20, 2009)
Deputy Chief Kathy Zoner, an 18-year veteran of Cornell Police, has been appointed interim chief of the department. She succeeds Curtis S. Ostrander, who has served as chief since 2005. (May 20, 2009)
Stephen Paletta '87, winner of the reality TV show 'Oprah's Big Give' in April 2008, is helping to organize a service-learning trip to Rwanda for eight Cornell students starting June 4. (May 19, 2009)
Martha Stipanuk and Kathleen Rasmussen, both professors in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell, received awards at the American Society for Nutrition's annual meeting this month. (May 19, 2009)
