New this year, Environmental Exploration Days enticed a dozen local youths, ages 12 to 14, to spend five days exploring the area's natural beauty and learning how they can help protect it. (Aug. 29, 2011)
The Cornell Formula SAE team raced away from its first transatlantic competition, held in Germany, with a fourth-place finish in acceleration. (Aug. 29, 2011)
Architecture students moved into Milstein Hall on Aug. 24 to take their places in 16 studios. The building is open for business and nearly complete, with an auditorium set to open in October. (Aug. 29, 2011)
Mike Cheng-Yu Lee, a graduate student in the field of music, placed second in a worldwide fortepiano contest, despite focal dystonia, a neurological movement disorder that affects his hand. (Aug. 26, 2011)
Sasha Devore, a postdoctoral fellow in neurobiology and behavior, has been awarded one of five L'Oreal USA Fellowships for Women in Science 2011. (Aug. 26, 2011)
Alan J. Hahn, 71, professor emeritus of policy analysis and management, who taught at Cornell from 1969 to 1996 in the College of Human Ecology, died May 2 in Denver. (Aug. 26, 2011)
A new study suggests that when a woman is particularly close to her male partner's friends, her partner is more likely to have sexual problems. (Aug. 25, 2011)
Cornell Library and three other libraries will make thousands of 'orphaned' - out-of-print books whose copyright holders cannot be identified or located - available. (Aug. 25, 2011)
Assistant professor of music Benjamin Piekut has won the 2011 Outstanding Article Award from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. (Aug. 25, 2011)
Tickets go on sale Aug. 26 for the Employee Celebration for staff, faculty, retirees and their families to be held Oct. 1. The event includes football against Wagner College and a community dinner. (Aug. 25, 2011)
The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program, now with Gannett Health Services, provides consultation and referral services to all Cornell faculty, staff, postdocs, visiting scholars and retirees. (Aug. 25, 2011)
Events on campus this week include a lecture on the Rhodes Hall clock by Bill Nye '77, a Terrence Malick film retrospective, and a Humanities Lecture on travel and comparative political thought. (Aug. 25, 2011)
