This fall, Cornell welcomed a Pakistani bureaucrat and a Bhutanese agricultural official to campus through the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program. (Dec. 15, 2008)
Ensuring that every child in Tompkins County gets a toy for the holidays is a year-round effort for the large group of volunteers who are the force behind Cops, Kids and Toys. (Dec. 15, 2008)
Paper airplanes went sailing -- and crashing -- through the Bartels field house Dec. 3 during an end-of-semester competition between teams of mechanical and aerospace engineering students. (Dec. 12, 2008)
President David Skorton talks with Cornell Chronicle editors about how he is leading the university through the economic downturn and why he is optimistic about the university's future. (Dec. 12, 2008)
Facilities Services implemented a compressed workweek schedule this fall. Thirty-nine staff members are now working four days a week, 10 hours a day. (Dec. 11, 2008)
The Office of Workforce Diversity, Equity and Life Quality has launched a Web site to answer questions on implementing flexible work arrangements. (Dec. 11, 2008)
The rates for New York state health plans have been announced. Contract college employees have until Jan. 5 to change their health plans. All employees have only until Dec. 31 to enroll in Select Benefits. (Dec. 11, 2008)
Editor's picks for events the week of Dec. 12 include midyear graduation, Neanderthal sculpture, Middle Eastern folk tales and a concerto competition. (Dec. 11, 2008)
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Director Frank Robinson, dressed as Santa Claus, reads 'T'was the Night Before Christmas' to children at the museum's holiday celebration Dec. 7. (Dec. 11, 2008)
A new pop-up book by Miyoko Chu, director of communications at Cornell's Lab of Ornithology, celebrates diverse bird sounds in contrasting landscapes through art and audio. (Dec. 11, 2008)
The Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future will help hire three to five faculty members with expertise in climate change-related research. (Dec. 11, 2008)
Why have a number of research universities recently jumped on the bandwagon of building interdisciplinary institutes in the biomedical sciences? Cornell's Anthony Bretscher explains. (Dec. 11, 2008)
