A Feb. 9 celebration marked the opening of Cornell's McGovern Family Center for Venture Development, and the arrival of its first client, Glycobia Inc.
Events on campus this week include a visit from A.D. White Professor-at-Large Anne Carson, an alumni fiction reading, a public lecture by Arun Gandhi, and films for Valentine's Day Week.
An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.
A new university policy grants all Cornell retirees the option of either full access to TCAT buses seven days a week, or a no-fee annual O parking permit and weekday TCAT zone one services.
Ben Nachman '12 is one of 14 winners nationwide of a Churchill Scholarship, which provides a year of graduate studies at Churchill College, University of Cambridge.
Barrett Keene, Ph.D. '13, is walking from Miami to San Francisco. En route, he will raise money and awareness for poor children and conduct dissertation research on teacher-leaders.
This year's annual Great Backyard Bird Count, Feb. 17-20, may yield unusual results with lack of snow cover, experts suggest. The event is open to the public.
In her faculty family residence, Parvine Toorawa provides students with home-cooked meals. At Soup and Hope, Feb. 2 in Sage Chapel, she discussed the roles of tradition and change in her own life.
