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Higher ed leaders ask Trump to rescind immigration order

On Feb. 2, Interim President Hunter Rawlings joined 47 other college and university presidents in signing a letter to President Donald J. Trump, urging him to rescind his executive order on immigration.

Things to Do, Feb. 3-10, 2017

Events this week feature four-hand piano scholar-performers, undergraduates' bird research on the Isles of Shoals, new documentaries at Cornell Cinema and interactive tours at the Johnson Museum.

Cornell Tech, eLab startup Datalogue raises $1.5 million

Datalogue, a Cornell startup with roots on the Ithaca and Cornell Tech campuses that uses deep learning and artificial intelligence to automate data preparation, raised $1.5 million in seed funding.

Fuertes Observatory’s new museum goes 'back to the future'

Cornell's Fuertes Observatory has a new museum featuring vintage observatory instruments, many collected in the 19th century by Estevan Fuertes, founding dean of Cornell's civil engineering department.

Alumni couple gives $1.5M to Cornell men's tennis

Andy Noel, the Meakem*Smith Director of Athletics and Physical Education, announced Richard A. Johnson '57 and Dale Reis Johnson '58 made a $1.5 million gift to the Cornell men’s tennis program.

Shelley Wong reflects on time, race, knowledge

Time, says Shelley Wong, "is socially constructed, continually made and remade in culturally specific ways." Wong’s book project focuses on race, time and narrative.

N.Y. ag commissioner brings good budget news from Albany

State Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball came to Cornell Jan. 27 with an upbeat message about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2017 budget: it's good for the middle class and it's good for agriculture.

Cornell Police implements body-camera program

As of Jan. 16, all uniformed police officers have been equipped with body-worn cameras to aid in their investigations and enhance public confidence and support.

New video, workshop encourage peer intervention

A new bystander intervention video, "Intervene," developed by the Skorton Center for Health Initiatives at Gannett Health Services, helps students come forward to aid fellow students in distress.

Online photo collection documents African-American life

Hundreds of rare photographs documenting the journey of African-Americans from the slavery era to the 20th century are digitized and freely accessible to students and scholars around the world.

Grad students find support in creative writing group

Participants in Cornell's Historians Are Writers! grapple with tone, diction and style, read widely and receive valuable feedback from group members.

New high-pressure processor destroys foodborne pathogens

The Hiperbaric 55 high-pressure food processor at Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station has become the nation's first commercial-scale validation facility.