Jan Rock Zubrow, chair of the Executive Committee of the board of trustees and past co-chair of the campaign, talks about the campaign's successes. (Sept. 29, 2011)
Eight first-year students from the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, are visiting Cornell Sept. 25-Oct. 6 as part of a leadership training program. (Sept. 29, 2011)
The past week was one of remembrance and continued resolve on the issue of gorge safety, with a Sept. 22 open forum and a Sept. 25 memorial service for Nathaniel Rand '12, who drowned July 2. (Sept. 29, 2011)
Cornell and the Honduran nonprofit Agua Para el Pueblo, founding members of the AguaClara network, will be honored as Intel Environment Tech Award laureates during The Tech Awards gala, Oct. 20. (Sept. 29, 2011)
Events on campus this week include a symposium on the latest cancer research, a gas drilling roundtable, a documentary on artist Anselm Kiefer, and gallery and garden talks at the Johnson Museum.
Faculty members can submit nominations for the Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large program through Nov. 15. Professors-at-Large are individuals of international distinction, appointed to six-year terms. (Sept. 28, 2011)
Josh Tetrick '04, founding CEO of 33needs, encouraged students to take action for the world, but he stressed that they didn't need to be martyrs. Work with companies that strive for social change, he said. (Sept. 28, 2011)
Helen Faith 'Happy' Keane Reichert '25, who had been the oldest living Cornell graduate, died Sept. 25 at her apartment in New York City. (Sept. 27, 2011)
Cornell Chemist James B. Sumner (1887-1955) was honored Sept. 22, 65 years after he won the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking research. (Sept. 27, 2011)
The Division of Student and Academic Services plans to pare university contributions by nearly $2 million by 2015, Vice President for Student and Academic Services Susan Murphy said Sept. 21. (Sept. 27, 2011)
