Charles Phlegar, vice president for alumni affairs and development since 2006, has announced he will be leaving Cornell on June 30 to become vice president for advancement at Virginia Tech.
Authorities say there was no immediate danger as Cornell University Police and the Endicott Bomb Squad safely removed a small, improvised explosive device from a campus building Tuesday, April 14.
Gabrielle Giffords, M.R.P. ’96, and her husband, Mark Kelly, will be the speakers for Cornell’s Convocation May 23. As a member of Congress Giffords survived an assassination attempt in 2011.
James J. Eyster Jr., Ph.D. ’77, a School of Hotel Administration professor emeritus of finance, accounting and real estate, died April 7 in Ithaca after suffering a stroke.
Events this week include Yamatai's annual drum concert, 'Inherent Vice' and other films with alumni credits; a Science Cabaret on honeybees and a concerto by graduate student composer Loren Loiacono.
President David Skorton issued a statement reminding students to contact Cornell University Police Department if they have been the victim of or witness to a hate crime and that a variety of services are available to victims.
Volunteers are needed to help make Slope Day safe, relaxing and enjoyable for everyone. All staff and faculty volunteers are asked to submit an online application and attend a training session for the May 7 event.
Social scientist Scott Page discusses the search for excellence in academic institutions and the benefits that people of diverse perspectives and backgrounds offer, in a campus lecture April 22.
The Association of Graduates in Theatre (AGIT) acts as a forum for students to share their scholarly work and artistic processes with campus. Submissions for its fall 2015 Playfest are due April 17.
Human mothers’ experience of pain and the expression of distress occur today because human ancestors who cried for help survived in greater numbers, according a hypothesis by Cornell psychologist Barbara L. Finlay.
Research on a modified protein around which DNA is wrapped sheds light on how gene regulation is linked to aging and longevity in nematodes, fruit flies and possibly humans.
Science educator Verne N. Rockcastle, a member of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty since 1956, died April 5 in Ithaca; He was 95. A memorial service will be April 18 at Kendal.
