An $800,000 gift from the accounting firm Ernst and Young allows CALS to start offering advanced accounting courses this fall, and with them, a new concentration in accounting. (Oct. 30, 2007)
Harvard University astronomer Owen Gingerich will deliver the inaugural Robert and Mabel Beggs Lecture on Science, Spirituality and Society, Nov. 14 in Statler Auditorium. (Oct. 30, 2007)
Civic, business and education leaders from the Greek island of Cephalonia met with the Cornell Institute for European Studies delegation during the group's official tour of Ithaca's sister city, Elios Proni.
The USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service will fund 94 new programs this year, including projects that teach youths to cook to promote healthy eating.
Comedian Stephen Colbert kept the Barton Hall crowd of 5,000 roaring through two sold-out shows, Oct. 26, poking fun at college and politics, both in and out of character. (Oct. 29, 2007)
About 1,300 students gave up their Saturday, Oct. 27, to work in the community, volunteering at 60 different locations in Ithaca and surrounding communities, painting, cleaning, raking, mulching and more. (Oct. 29, 2007)
Journalist and author Conor O'Clery came to Cornell Oct. 24 to talk about Chuck Feeney, the 1956 Hotel School graduate turned businessman, philanthropist and Cornell's biggest benefactor.
Members of the Cornell faculty are invited to nominate candidates to serve as A.D. White Professors-at-Large. The deadline for preproposal nominations is Dec. 1 and for full proposals, March 1, 2008. (Oct. 29, 2007)
Launched in 2003, EzraNet is a long-term initiative to upgrade Cornell's data network to better support such high-bandwidth technologies as video conferencing, virtual reality and data modeling. (Oct. 26, 2007)
