A panel of six Cornellians who work as National Basketball Association executives told a Cornell Club-New York audience about life in the league, Nov. 28. (Dec. 3, 2012)
The annual Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Emergencies (CARE) Fund online auction raised $8,000 in November. Gifts to the fund are accepted year-round. (Dec. 3, 2012)
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is investing $25M in a project, hosted at Cornell, that seeks to improve cassava crops in sub-Saharan Africa. (Nov. 30, 2012)
After an exhaustive investigation, the Cornell University Police has concluded that a reported attempted rape Sept. 26 on the Trolley Bridge did not occur, and the case has been closed. (Nov. 30, 2012)
Announcements of a new sustainability advisory committee, and student and staff sustainability awards, highlighted the annual summit of the President's Sustainable Campus Committee. (Nov. 29, 2012)
Saying Cornell has 'no tolerance for coercive behavior,' President David Skorton has accepted recommendations aimed at eradicating hazing on campus. The recommendations focus on prevention, intervention and response. (Nov. 29, 2012)
David Erickson and Largus Angenent have received a $910,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to work toward revolutionizing how biofuels are produced from algae. (Nov. 29, 2012)
Archives at the ILR School and the University of Warwick, U.K., seek input from Yiddish speakers as translators of documents to keep the language, and labor history, alive. (Nov. 29, 2012)
Visiting Scholar Afrika Bambaataa spoke about his storied career as well as the culture, dance and ideology that led to the evolution of hip-hop on campus Nov. 27. (Nov. 29, 2012)
By using diversity among its diversity officers to promote diversity, Cornell is promoting the climate of inclusion that the university seeks overall, said speakers at a recent diversity conference. (Nov. 29, 2012)
Events on campus this week include Christmas Vespers in Sage Chapel, student dance and theater productions, author Kristin Kimball on farming, holiday pet photos and a collection for shelter animals. (Nov. 29, 2012)
An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly. (Nov. 29, 2012)
