Students handed out 6,300 bars of soap and 1,510 T-shirts Sept.18 as part of the flu-fighting 'Got Soap?' campaign. The student-run group Cornell University Emergency Services initiated the project. (Sept. 18, 2009)
Stocking Hall will get a new four-story addition and a general facelift, with construction beginning next September, giving the Department of Food Science and the landmark Cornell Dairy Bar new homes. (Sept. 18, 2009)
A memorial service for the late Eleanor H. Jorden will be held Saturday, Sept. 26, at 4 p.m. in Sage Chapel; a reception will follow in the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room. (Sept. 18, 2009)
More than 200 faculty members gathered Sept. 16 to talk with President David Skorton and Provost Kent Fuchs about the university's strategic planning process.
On Sept. 17 in San Francisco, artist Maya Lin unveiled the first component of her serial art installation on species loss, which uses sounds and videos from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. (Sept. 17, 2009)
Panelists spoke on the causes and possible outcomes of the financial crisis Sept. 15 in a debate that is part of Cornell's Foreign Policy Initiative led by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. (Sept. 17, 2009)
Events this week include piano improvisations in Bailey Hall, coffee and birds at the Lab of Ornithology, Judy's Day at Cornell Plantations, and a regional cancer and environment forum. (Sept. 17, 2009)
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Ross Brann takes a look back at the long road in creating the West Campus Residential Initiative, a unique living-learning environment for students. (Sept. 17, 2009)
The university is retiring its 'postoffice' e-mail system and moving students to Google Apps Education Edition, and faculty and staff to Microsoft Exchange. (Sept. 16, 2009)
Wi-Fi service has been extended throughout all North Campus buildings, as has ATT cellular coverage. Wi-Fi also is available in common rooms in parts of West Campus and in Collegetown. (Sept. 16, 2009)
An exhibit in Mann Library's second-floor gallery through Oct. 17 features wearable art with the theme 'Red!' Pieces include fabric origami, electroluminescence and 'sound' waves. (Sept. 16, 2009)
Cornell garnered a gold medal and two bronzes in this year's CASE Circle of Excellence Awards. Photographer Jason Koski won the top prize for an individual photo. (Sept. 16, 2009)
