Tickets are on sale until Oct. 24 for the Annual Cornell Employee Celebration, Nov. 1. The celebration features Cornell athletic events and a community dinner in Barton Hall, 3-5 p.m. (Oct. 2, 2008)
Endowed employees enrolled in the Cornell Program for Healthy Living will no longer need a fitness certificate to receive monthly discounts from fitness centers at Ithaca YMCA or Island Fitness. (Oct. 2, 2008)
To the editor:
I've tried to get used to your paper's changes over the last year or so, but there is less and less information in what used to be a terrific weekly. The latest disappointment is your "Things to Do" list and…
Graduate student Kevin McAvey has launched the Upstate Foundation to give grants to college graduates to encourage them to stay in the upstate New York region. (Oct. 1, 2008)
Two Cornell fiber scientists are working with researchers in Brazil to hunt for plants in the Amazon jungle that might prove to be useful for sustainable, high-performance materials. (Oct. 1, 2008)
The Risley Hall print shop gives students a hands-on lesson in early American technologies related to their freshman writing seminar, "American Literature and Culture: The Power of the Page." (Oct. 1, 2008)
Travelers who use a hotel's Internet network risk the possibility of data theft, concludes a new study from Cornell's School of Hotel Administration. (Oct. 1, 2008)
Cornell President David Skorton will co-chair the new advisory board of the Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative, which will advocate for increased U.S. involvement in the development of higher education in Africa. (Oct. 1, 2008)
Robert Morgan, a poet, fiction writer and Cornell professor, discussed his Daniel Boone biography at the first Literary Luncheon, Sept. 25. Helena Maria Viarmontes will be the guest speaker Oct. 15. (Oct. 1, 2008)
