In a statement regarding actions taken by the board of trustees, President David Skorton urges community involvement to protect Cornell's strength. Actions include extended hiring and construction pauses, and tuition rises. (Jan. 25, 2009)
Cornell and Sun World operate two of the world's leading fresh grape breeding programs. The venture aims to combine their research strengths to develop improved varieties for grape growers, both here and abroad. (Jan. 23, 2009)
Fraternity and Sorority Affairs and Cornell Outdoor Education has won an award for the Positively Challenging program, which seeks to provide alternatives to hazing and alcohol abuse through adventure-based learning. (Jan. 23, 2009)
Cornell has contracted with Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Central New York to provide financial counseling at no cost to faculty and staff members.
In a panel discussion Feb. 20, novelists Melissa Bank '98, Junot Diaz '95 and Julie Schumacher '86 praised Cornell's Creative Writing Program and gave advice to aspiring authors. (Feb. 23, 2009)
The Department of Near Eastern Studies will launch an Intensive Arabic Program in the fall, with a full semester of language study on the Cornell campus and a semester living and studying in Jordan. (Jan. 22, 2009)
Associate professor Riché Richardson recently spent a week in Paris as a cultural envoy. She gave talks, and her art quilts depicting Barack Obama, Josephine Baker and Simone de Beauvoir were exhibited. (Jan. 22, 2009)
Editor's picks for events the week of Jan. 23 include the opening of a new play about body image, films about water, Soup and Hope and a celebration of the Lunar New Year. (Jan. 22, 2009)
Professor Morten Christiansen challenges the long-held theory that human language stems from a genetic blueprint. Instead, he says, the neural machinery used for language likely predates the emergence of language itself. (Jan. 22, 2009)
