Architect and designer William McDonough offered his practical utopian vision for environmentally sound design in his April 21 Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture in Kennedy Hall. (April 22, 2009)
Speaking to students and faculty in Goldwin Smith Hall April 21, retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni called the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 'a core issue' in the global geopolitical landscape. (April 22, 2009)
About 80 professionals attended the the Cornell Food and Brand Lab's annual Consumer Camp April 17-18 to learn about how everyday external cues can affect how much people eat. (April 22, 2009)
Labor lawyer Tom Geoghegan, speaking April 15 at the ILR School's Union Days, urged greater government aid to workers, including health insurance and pensions. (April 22, 2009)
Dr. Arthur Garson laid out the topography of the health care debate, defining terms and dispelling a few myths along the way, in his keynote address kicking off the Sick in America series, April 20. (April 21, 2009)
The 1969 student takeover of Willard Straight Hall was an event that 'changed Cornell, and to some extent American higher education, for all time,' said President David Skorton at an April 17 event. (April 21, 2009)
Seven students practiced clinical skills on exotic animals while in Honduras with the International Veterinary Medicine Abroad program for 10 days earlier this semester.
Winners in Cornell's seventh annual Book Collection Contest include the owners of a book collection about interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and of a collection of Mark Strand publications.
J.W. 'Bill' Marriott Jr., chairman and CEO of Marriott International, will receive the first Icon of the Industry Award from the Hotel School June 2. (April 20, 2009)
Over spring break a group of students worked with children in Tangelo Park, Fla., where they were hosted by Harris Rosen '61. Rosen has offered to fund college for high school graduates in that neighborhood. (April 20, 2009)
Mary Ochs '79 is the new director of Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University Library has announced. Ochs has served as interim director since October 2008. (April 20, 2009)
