As of July 1, the Family Life Development Center and the Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center, both at Cornell, have merged into the new Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research. (Aug. 31, 2011)
Sharon H. Kim and Christopher Yenkey, both Ph.D. '11, received the Academy of Management's William H. Newman Awards for their papers based on their dissertation research. (Aug. 31, 2011)
English professor Molly Hite and garden photographer David McDonald presented 'Literature, Life, Gardens: The Influence of Vita Sackville-West' Aug. 24. (Aug. 31, 2011)
Glenn Altschuler, who is celebrating 20 energetic years as dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, says teaching and advising are his top priority.
Seven New York state grade school and high school teachers took part in an educational tour of Eastern Europe, thanks to Cornell's Institute for European Studies. (Aug. 31, 2011)
New research will accelerate the process of identifying strains of salmonella bacteria behind food poisonings - and reduce the time it takes to track the culprit from farm to fork. (Aug. 30, 2011)
Alan Krueger, ILR '83, a Princeton professor, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to head the president's White House Council of Economic Advisers. (Aug. 30, 2011)
Anyone can go to Fuertes Observatory on campus on clear Friday nights, 9 p.m. to midnight, to peer through telescopes and hear from members of the Cornell Astronomical Society. (Aug. 30, 2011)
Bill Nye '77 dedicated the new Solar Noon Clock at Rhodes Hall Aug. 27 in front of a crowd of hundreds. The clock incorporates a solar noon feature that visually indicates the sun's zenith each day. (Aug. 29, 2011)
Two senior associate deans will guide the department as it expands its faculty, and as the African and African-American Studies graduate field defines a new Ph.D. program.
The Cornell Formula SAE team raced away from its first transatlantic competition, held in Germany, with a fourth-place finish in acceleration. (Aug. 29, 2011)
