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Things to Do, Aug. 21-28, 2015

Events on campus this week include an introduction to Cornell Cinema, the Dump and Run Sale, library exhibitions all about Cornell, and a survey of art prints at the Johnson Museum.

Biologist David Lodge named director of Atkinson Center

David M. Lodge, the Galla Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has been named the first Francis J. DiSalvo Director of the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, effective in May 2016.

Program boosts women from 'passenger to pilot'

Passenger to Pilot: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Upstate New York, is a program of Rev: Ithaca Startup Works that supports women entrepreneurs in Ithaca and Tompkins County.

New VP Lombardi sends message of welcome to students

Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi sent a message to new and returning students, welcoming them to campus for the 2015-16 academic year.

Schryver to lead entrepreneurship institute at Johnson

Tom Schryver, MBA '02, has been appointed to lead Johnson's Entrepreneurship Innovation Institute in addition to currently leading the Center for Regional Economic Advancement.

Cornell Rewind: Routes to move-in day have varied

To journey to Cornell for starting the fall semester in the university's early years, train travel, ships and steamers served as viable options for arriving on campus.

POST celebrates 20 years of community service

Cornell’s Pre-Orientation Service Trips (POST) program celebrates two decades of bringing first-year and transfer students into the Ithaca community to do serve at nonprofit organizations.

Stiffer breast tissue in obese women promotes tumors

A Cornell study explains how obesity changes the consistency of breast tissue in ways that are similar to tumors, thereby promoting disease.

Language analysis predicts a coming betrayal

Messages in the online game Diplomacy reveal linguistic patterns that predict back-stabbing, according to a team of researchers at Cornell, the University of Maryland and the University of Colorado.

Prefreshman Summer Program preps students

The Prefreshman Summer Program helps first-generation students, students of color and students from low-income backgrounds make a successful transition from high school to Cornell.

M.H. Abrams memorial set for Sept. 12

Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett and Department of English faculty and staff will honor the late M. H. Abrams as a towering figure in literary and cultural studies at a memorial celebration Sept. 12 in Statler Auditorium.

Orientation offers new students wide range of activities

Starting with Move-in Day Aug. 21, Orientation will include a president's reception, Convocation, Big Red Blowout and a variety of concerts, performances, lectures and sales.