Svante Myrick '09 was elected as Ithaca's next mayor Nov. 8, winning a four-way race with 54 percent of the vote. At age 24, he will be the city's youngest mayor. (Nov. 10, 2011)
Events on campus this week include a concert highlighting concern for climate change, a symposium on international studies issues, and opening events for an exhibition of 19th-century photography. (Nov. 10, 2011)
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. (Nov. 10, 2011)
A pioneer in grape disease resistance breeding; two of the nation's top authorities in microbiology; a leading entomologist who's shaped the way fruit growers ward off pests; and a respected world leader in food aid economics…
Despite some challenges, the benefits of consolidating more than 30 business service centers range from a sharing of best practices to improved compliance, directors said.
On Nov. 9, Weill Cornell Medical College dedicated the Belfer Research Building, a state-of-the-art facility that will more than double the medical college's existing research space. (Nov. 9, 2011)
Computer science professor Fred Schneider '75 has given Cornell library a first edition of 'Catch-22.' The novel's author served with Schneider's father in World War II. (Nov. 9, 2011)
At an ILR School talk Nov. 8, Daniel Katz told of parallels between today and the 1930s, when the nation and its labor unions were divided by issues of race and gender equality and immigration. (Nov. 9, 2011)
The deadline for completing the Cornell Employee Survey is Nov. 18. The survey, done at the request of the Employee Assembly, was announced by President David Skorton Oct. 24.
Eugene Dynkin recorded his talks with mathematicians around the world for more than 50 years. The library has digitized, organized and curated the information on a new website. (Nov. 8, 2011)
Three Cornell physicists will discuss new evidence about faster-than-light travel in an open forum Nov. 17 in 700 Clark Hall. Refreshments are at 7 p.m.; the forum will begin at 7:30 p.m. (Nov. 8, 2011)
Forty-two students spent the Nov. 4 weekend in a sort of boot camp for budding student entrepreneurs; it generated six viable business ideas that just might go forward. (Nov. 8, 2011)
