The Cornell Biological Field Station will offer 11-week undergraduate research internships starting June 1, with applications due Feb. 15. (Feb. 9, 2010)
'Sidelines,' a new weekly show on CornellCast and the Internet, features interviews with Big Red coaches and athletes. The show kicks off Feb. 9 with men's basketball coach Steve Donahue. (Feb. 9, 2010)
Whether campus finances would become more or less centralized was the main point of debate Feb. 5 at a brown-bag lunch on the proposed budget model, which will take effect in July 2012.
Veterinary epidemiologist Yrjo Grohn has a new grant to study the bug that is the leading cause of infectious diarrhea in hospitals, using what he's learned from studying pathogens in farm animals.
Eighteen ongoing faculty research projects, ranging from Greek archaeology to studies in early and contemporary Islam and modernist poetry, have been awarded grants by the Society for the Humanities.
This year Cornell ranks No. 3 among medium-sized schools on the annual rankings of Peace Corps volunteer-producing schools. Upcoming information sessions: Feb. 12, March 5 and 12, and April 9. (Feb. 8, 2010)
Economist Partha Dasgupta urged students to do 'seriously important' research in health, education or transportation on his first visit to campus as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large.
Fifty Cornell students recently returned from three weeks in China over winter break as guests of the Chinese government and part of the 2009 Chinese Bridge Winter Camp for American Students.
The deans of the College of Arts and Sciences have asked the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance to propose plans to cut its annual non-professorial budget by $1 million to $2 million.
When the Winter Olympics opens in Vancouver Feb. 12, three athletes with Cornell ties, Jamie Moriarty '03, Douglas Murray '03 and Rebecca Johnston '12, will be among those vying for coveted gold medals. (Feb. 4, 2010)
