The Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences, established by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, comes at a time when funding for the humanities is under fire on national, state and local levels. (Feb. 17, 2011)
A group of Muslim alumni have formed the Diwan Foundation, an initiative to enhance the quality of Muslim life on campus. Their first project is to establish and fund a Muslim chaplaincy. (Feb. 17, 2011)
Cornell's 10-year-old Bias Response Program is being reviewed by three campus organizations; four March forums will be held to gather general Cornell community feedback on the program. (Feb. 17, 2011)
Don Rakow, director of Cornell Plantations, has co-authored the first textbook on managing public gardens. 'Public Garden Management' is intended for students, visionaries and staff at public gardens. (Feb. 17, 2011)
Election materials are now available for staff members interested in running for the Employee Assembly. The EA is increasing its membership size from 13 to 19 representatives. Voting runs April 11-22. (Feb. 17, 2011)
Events on campus this week include the MLK Commemorative Lecture, Howardena Pindell, a talk on immigration, opening of the Jewish Film Festival, Jazz Ensembles' Swing Fling, and Savion Glover. (Feb. 17, 2011)
Computer science graduate student Renato Paes Leme has been awarded a Microsoft Research Fellowship to pursue research that may make online advertising a bit more efficient and profitable. (Feb. 16, 2011)
The ILR School's Kheel Center - the foremost repository of information on the Triangle Waist Factory fire of 1911 - commemorates the disaster's centennial. (Feb. 16, 2011)
Provost Kent Fuchs, Vice President for Student and Academic Services Susan Murphy and Dean of the University Faculty William Fry recently discussed initiatives to support student mental health.
The Cornell-Queen's Executive Master of Business Administration program, now offered to professionals in more than 20 U.S. and Canadian cities, may add its first Latin American site this year. (Feb. 15, 2011)
Carole Boyce Davies, Kenneth McClane and filmmaker Kristy Anderson spoke at a Feb. 10 event celebrating writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. (Feb. 15, 2011)
