Muna B. Ndulo, professor at the Law School and director of Cornell's Institute for African Development, has been named board chair of Gender Links, an NGO dedicated to promoting gender equity in southern Africa. (Sept. 26, 2007)
William Donald Cooke, Cornell professor emeritus of chemical and chemical biology and a longtime university administrator, died Sept. 20 at his home in Ithaca. He was 89. (Sept. 26, 2007)
Once again AARP has placed Cornell on its list of 'Best Employers for Workers Over 50,' and Working Mother magazine named CU to its '100 Best Companies' for working mothers. (Sept. 25, 2007)
The CU-ADVANCE Center and Cornell Interactive Theater Ensemble held a Sept. 21 seminar to raise awareness for department chairs and search committee representatives about unconscious gender bias and equity in faculty searches. (Sept. 25, 2007)
An Oct. 2-3 conference in New York City will build upon the Teagle Foundation report, 'Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in College Completion and Achievement: What Works and Why,' released in November 2006. (Sept. 25, 2007)
Students in an introductory marketing course received free samples of Wrigley's new brand of gum, '5.' Professor Ed McLaughlin discovered that those who chewed it during their prelim scored remarkably better. (Sept. 25, 2007)
The Cornell Nanobiotechnology Center's eighth annual symposium will showcase the latest advances in research at the interfaces of nanotechnology and the life sciences. (Sept. 25, 2007)
Students and faculty will take part in the opening of the Ithaca Sciencenter's interactive exhibit 'Japan and Nature: Spirits of the Seasons,' Sept. 29. The exhibit will run through December. (Sept. 25, 2007)
Cornell Cooperative Extension helped celebrate the return of native Tutelos to their geographic home, Sept. 22-23, at Ithaca's Tutelo Park. (Sept. 25, 2007)
The fences are up; the orange-vested workers are gathering. Construction for the future home of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Physics, and Applied and Engineering Physics has officially begun. (Sept. 24, 2007)
Speaking on campus Sept. 20, Palestinian leader Hanan Ashrawi denounced Israel's wall, economic sanctions and 'occupation,' but says she still believes that peace in the Middle East is possible. (Sept. 24, 2007)
