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Skorton calls on other universities to join him in launching a new kind of Marshall Plan to reduce worldwide inequalities

In his first Cornell Commencement address Sunday, May 27, before 6,000 graduates, President David Skorton, called for a new type of Marshall Plan 'to reduce inequalities that put members of your generation in danger.' (May 27, 2007)

Cornell Library will help document the founding of historically black colleges and universities

Cornell Library is sharing its expertise in digital imaging, preservation and management with the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Library Alliance to expand a digital history collection. (May 27, 2007)

Cornell Library honors its top five student employees with Fuerst awards

Cornell University Library has honored the five student employees, all from the Class of 2007, with its Fuerst Outstanding Student Employee Award. (May 27, 2007)

New study will examine how high school youth with disabilities transition from school to work

Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations' Employment and Disability Institute will partner with New York state on a five-year, $5.1 million study to help high school students with disabilities successfully go to college and get good jobs. (May 27, 2007)

2006 grads started at higher salary than any previous class, and outlook for Class of 2007 is 'very promising'

More graduates from Cornell's Class of 2006 entered the workforce directly after graduation than since the robust economy in the late 1990s, 'and they earned more than any previous Cornell class.' (May 27, 2007)

207 of 'world's experts in something' receive president's accolade for their ultimate achievement

President David Skorton welcomed doctoral degree recipients to 'the end of a long and complex journey' at the 15th Ph.D. recognition ceremony in Barton Hall on May 26. (May 27, 2007)

David and Robin show their people skills as they connect with families and graduates

David Skorton and Robin Davisson show their people skills as they connect with families and graduates at the couple's first Commencement Weekend.

In blue, white and green, cadets and midshipmen become officers as parents bid their children safe passage to distant service

In blue, white and green, cadets and midshipmen become officers as parents bid their children safe passage to distant service. (May 27, 2007)

Dean Smith, at his final hooding, calls Class of 2007 'one of the best, if not the best' he has ever seen

The 81 newest Cornell-minted doctors of veterinary medicine will see their field change rapidly in the coming years, said Veterinary College Dean Donald Smith in his final address to the Class of 2007 on May 26. (May 26, 2007)

Don't let people define you, but listen to your own heart, CNN's Soledad O'Brien tells graduating seniors

Journalist Soledad O'Brien urged Cornell's Class of 2007 to ignore naysayers and to define themselves on their own terms during her address at Senior Convocation, May 26 at Schoellkopf Stadium. (May 26, 2007)

Nancy and Peter Meinig and family donate $25 million to support innovative Cornell research in the life sciences

On May 25, Cornell President David Skorton announced the $25 million gift, which will establish the Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigatorships in the Life Sciences. (May 26, 2007)

Milsteins honored at building naming ceremony as 'positive forces for change' at Cornell

Paul Milstein Hall, said President David Skorton, will be a 'spectacular addition to the campus, heralding a new era for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning.' (May 25, 2007)