Fiction writers Lydia Peelle '00 and Rattawut Lapcharoensap '01 are winners of 2010 Whiting Writers' Awards, a prestigious $50,000 award given to up-and-coming writers of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. (Nov. 2, 2010)
Biology major Sarasi Jayaratne '12 is founder and executive director of the Keep Reading Foundation, which has shipped 15,000 children's books to 48 schools in rural Sri Lanka. (Nov. 2, 2010)
Several dozen Cornellians lent a hand to help others as volunteers at various events at non-profit organizations in the New York City area Oct. 30 as part of Cornell Cares Day. (Nov. 2, 2010)
The fall's Townsend Visiting Professor Raffaella Cribiore spent a week on campus Oct. 15-22 lecturing about the ancient rhetoric teacher Libanius and ancient education. (Nov. 2, 2010)
After 15 students briefly pitched their business ideas to a panel, the judges and audience chose three winners Oct. 27 for their viability and uniqueness. (Nov. 1, 2010)
A visiting Humanities Lecture series speaker used the history of the Soviet Union as a case in point that Islam is much better understood in the context of history. (Nov. 1, 2010)
David I. Owen, professor of Ancient Near Eastern and Judaic studies, was honored Oct. 29 at a symposium in his honor titled 'Power and Knowledge in Ancient Iraq' at the A.D. White House. (Nov. 1, 2010)
Ellen Barry, founding director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, discussed African-American women prisoners in the United States while she was on campus Oct. 28. (Nov. 1, 2010)
The map promises to provide a much more comprehensive understanding of the role of inherited DNA variation in human history, evolution and disease and the best methods to use to sequence DNA. (Nov. 1, 2010)
Cornell has named Michael Abbott chief investment officer to oversee its $4.4 billion endowment. Abbott starts his new post at the Office of University Investments Nov. 1. (Nov. 1, 2010)
Graduate student Ziqi (Zig) Wu has won the inaugural International Student of the Year Award from the International Facility Management Association Foundation. (Nov. 1, 2010)
