Pledge cards for the 2012-13 United Way of Tompkins County campaign have been distributed, and various events lined up to help reach this year's Cornell campaign goal of $815,000.
Stephanie Ball '13 used to think that sending clothing to Haitians would help them weather their economic difficulties. A service-learning trip to Haiti changed her mind. (Oct. 30, 2012)
Cornell's agricultural experiment stations and cooperative extension will allocate annual federal grants to land-grant universities of $9 million to study food systems, environmental problems. (Oct. 29, 2012)
A panel discussion on Cornell's Engaged Learning and Research Oct. 27 focused on the collaboration with a theater group at the Auburn Correctional Facility. (Oct. 29, 2012)
Three Cornell economists discussed economic policy in the context of the current recession and the upcoming election at an Oct. 26 panel in Ives Hall. (Oct. 29, 2012)
On Oct. 25, former national security advisers Samuel Berger '67 and Stephen Hadley '69 discussed the challenges the next U.S. president will face in trying to reassert America's leadership in the world.
Fredrik Logevall and Jonathan Kirshner discussed foreign policy before an audience Oct. 22 at the Cornell Club in New York City, just before the televised debate on the topic.