Assistant professor of English Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon has been named a finalist for a 2009 National Book Award in poetry for her recent collection 'Open Interval.' (Oct. 19, 2009)
A College of Agriculture and Life Sciences exhibition at New York Farm Days Oct. 7 featured the college's undergraduate teaching programs that prepare leaders for the state's agricultural industries. (Oct. 19, 2009)
Cornell's innovative Silo House earned a seventh-place finish in the biennial Solar Decathlon competition, held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Oct. 16, 2009)
Roald Hoffmann argues that the system of funding graduate education must change, in light of cuts to university education budgets even as research funds increase. (Oct. 16, 2009)
While conducting research in early 1998, Lee Kass was inspired to write this poem about the Cornell pumpkin, which mysteriously appeared atop McGraw Tower Oct. 8, 1997. (Oct. 16, 2009)
For the nearly three weeks of the 2009 Solar Decathlon, Joe Manelski '56 offers his McLean, Va., house as a home away from home for Cornell's student team. (Oct. 15, 2009)
H. Fisk Johnson '79, chairman and CEO of SC Johnson, will speak about challenges arising from the global consumption crisis at the annual Hatfield Lecture Oct. 22 in the Statler Hall Auditorium. (Oct. 15, 2009)
The Cornell Library is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth with a new exhibition on the Lincoln presidency, opening Oct. 20 with rare documents and Civil War memorabilia. (Oct. 15, 2009)
The newly formed Strategic Plan Advisory Council will synthesize recommendations gathered from the Cornell community into a draft strategic plan. Town meetings will be held in January and February, and a draft issued in March.
Plans for faculty and staff will comply with recent federal legislation that mandates health plans to cover mental health and abuse treatment in the same manner as other medically necessary treatment. (Oct. 15, 2009)
'Educating Scholars: Doctoral Education in the Humanities' is a new book with first author Ron Ehrenberg that looks at attrition and completion rates in humanities Ph.D. programs. (Oct. 15, 2009)
