Cornell on the Commons, formerly known as the College and Community Expo, is seeking university-affiliated departments and outreach offices that want to showcase their programs and services to undergraduate students and the greater Ithaca community. The annual event will be Saturday, Aug. 30, from 1 to 4 p.m. on the Ithaca Commons. Cornell on the Commons is a featured event in the university's Welcome Weekend program, and attendance of more than 1,000 students and community members is expected. In addition to three stages of entertainment and other events, there will be a repeat of last year's highly successful "Iron Chef" competition between a Cornell and a community chef. (August 12, 2003)
Cornell University is announcing its eighth annual Pre-Orientation Service Trips (POST) program for new Cornell students. POST, a program of the Cornell Public Service Center, provides a group of first-year and transfer students with a head start on making friends, an introduction to community service work and a familiarity with the Ithaca community before the start of the school year. Beginning Aug. 17 and ending the morning of Aug. 22, 75 incoming students, aided by 14 upperclass team leaders, will spend their days and nights exploring the Ithaca community through service work and recreational programming. The students come from 21 states, Puerto Rico and Singapore. (August 12, 2003)
Cornell University is launching a new professional program in architecture at the master's degree level for students without prior training in architecture. The new degree program, M.Arch.-I, takes three and one-half years to complete and is designed for applicants who hold a four-year bachelor's degree in any area and are interested in a career in architectural practice, teaching or scholarship. It will be housed in Cornell's Department of Architecture in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, considered one of the best architecture programs in the United States. (August 11, 2003)
Cornell University's Division of Financial Affairs has announced that Marguerite Spencer has been named director of university policy and division communications and Jeffrey Silber has been named director for financial research administration. Both report to Joanne DeStefano, vice president for financial affairs and university controller. (August 11, 2003)
Summer visitors to Cornell Plantations have been marveling at the brilliant flowers and foliage in the container plantings on display at Plantations' Lewis Education Center.
A new program at Cornell, Entrepreneurship Legal Services (ELS), will soon be offering professional-quality legal services to emerging growth-oriented businesses. The program is sponsored by the Johnson Graduate School of Management and Cornell Law School and affiliated with the New York State Science and Technology Law Center, a nonprofit organization that works to expand entrepreneurial resources. (August 11, 2003)
Cornell University, on a temporary basis, will be using a portion of Libe Slope on West Campus to allow for contractor parking for the West Campus Residential Initiative project. The work on creating the temporary parking lot will begin this week and will be completed prior to the Aug. 22 arrival of students for the fall semester. (August 7, 2003)
The U.S. Senate passed an energy-policy bill July 31 that would double amounts of corn-based ethanol in American gasoline. At the same time, a Cornell University agricultural ecologist has renewed his criticism of what many believe is a renewable fuel.
About the hoofed mammal gardeners love to hate, there's good news and the other kind from Cornell University researchers who study plant-eating habits of the white-tailed deer.
Robert F. Gilmour Jr., professor of physiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, has been named the college's associate dean for research and graduate education.
The Cornell Public Service Center has announced the selection of two fellows for the third annual Cornell Civic Leaders Fellowship Program to work on projects that address community-identified needs. The Cornell Civic Leaders Fellowship Program enables outstanding community leaders involved in economic and community development efforts to join the Cornell community of scholars as both learners and teachers for an academic year. It was established to help expand and improve university-community collaborations. (July 29, 2003)
Patsy Brannon, dean of the College of Human Ecology and professor of nutrition at Cornell University since 1999, today (July 29) announced her decision to return to teaching and research when her five-year term as dean ends May 30, 2004. She is a member of the faculty in the Division of Nutritional Sciences. She will take a year's sabbatical and will return full time to the faculty July 1, 2005. (July 29, 2003)
