Filters
Topics
Campus & Community
Colleges & Schools

Cornell experts to Congressional staff: 'Embrace' immigrants to help them become 'assets'

Max Pfeffer and Pilar Parra will draw on their research to brief Congressional staff members on immigration policy Sept. 24. (Sept. 22, 2010)

Cornell to host nine South African students for 10 days

Nine students from the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, will visit Cornell Sept. 26 to Oct. 6 to get a taste of life on an American campus. (Sept. 22, 2010)

N.Y. Power Authority president touts sustainability efforts

A Sept. 21 visit to campus by Richard Kessel, president and CEO of the New York Power Authority, was highlighted by a discussion about state and local efforts toward sustainability. (Sept. 22, 2010)

Second season of 'Sidelines' kicks off with football coach

The second season of 'Sidelines,' a weekly show featuring interviews about Cornell Athletics, kicks off Sept. 28 with host David Keating '10 and Kent Austin, Cornell's new football coach. (Sept. 22, 2010)

Speaker: Muslim women can use Quran to counter the 'hijacked' authority by Muslim men

Research fellow Nimat Hafez Barazangi said Muslim women can use the Quran to build a stronger identity for themselves in Muslim societies at a talk at Cornell Sept. 16. (Sept. 22, 2010)

More than 1,000 attend Mid-Autumn Festival with moon cakes and more

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, Sept. 18 on the Arts Quad, attracted some 1,000 visitors and marked the first time that seven Asian and Asian-American student organizations collaborated. (Sept. 21, 2010)

Meetings build bridge between philosophy and psychology

A conference Sept. 11-12 at Cornell brought together scholars to examine how psychologists and philosophers can learn from one another. (Sept. 21, 2010)

Alumnus receives lifetime conservation achievement award

William Schlesinger, Ph.D. '76, recently was recognized for a career devoted to conservation and climate change research.

McEneaney shares stories of 9/11 victims' loved ones

Bonnie McEneaney, MPS '78, shared the experiences of friends and family of 9/11 victims in a Sept. 16 reading from her book 'Messages: Signs, Visits, and Premonitions From Loved Ones Lost on 9/11.' (Sept. 21, 2010)

Richard Ripple, professor emeritus of education, dies at 79

Richard E. Ripple, professor emeritus of education, died Sept. 16 at 79 years old. Ripple taught at Cornell for more than 40 years. (Sept. 21, 2010)

Wanted: A few good homes for pellet stove pilot program

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services are using a pilot weatherization and pellet stove project to show how households can lower home energy costs. (Sept. 21, 2010)

From firehouse to warehouse, Bestys knows books

Dave Bestys, materials handler for the textbook division of the Cornell Business Services Warehouse, wrote a book, recently re-released online, about his 19 years as a volunteer firefighter. (Sept. 21, 2010)