Larry Palmer, professor of law at Cornell University, has been named as a member of the board of directors of the American Medical Association's National Patient Safety Foundation.
Earthquake researchers at Cornell University will share in a $10 million grant awarded by the National Science Foundation to the University at Buffalo's National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research. New York state will provide matching funds of an additional $10 million over five years.
Carol Clark Tatkon, a member of the Cornell Board of Trustees since 1981 and vice chair since 1995, died Oct. 11 at her family home in North Egremont, Mass. She was 59.
The Macedonian ambassador to the United States, Ljubica Z. Acevska, will visit Cornell through Oct. 10 to meet with faculty and students and discuss a variety of issues, among them human rights violations, international law and Macedonia's position in the international arena.
Rosalind C. Barnett, a clinical psychologist and senior scholar at Radcliffe College and co-author of She Works/He Works: The New American Family, will discuss the success of the new dual-income American family in a free public lecture on Thursday, Oct. 16, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Faculty Commons, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
Linda Gordon, the Florence Kelley Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, will deliver the Flemmie Kittrell lecture on "The Construction of a Crime: A Century of Challenging Violence Against Women" on Tuesday, Oct. 21 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
If workers aren't prepared for the impact of climate change on work, there's stormy economic weather ahead, a report from the Cornell University Work and Environment Initiative predicts. "Climate change will present both dangers and opportunities," said Edward Cohen-Rosenthal.
President Hunter Rawlings outlined a seven-point plan of action for campus residential housing that provides a unifying educational experience for new students, preserves most student choice in housing and continues the current range of housing options.
Cornell officials will lay a cornerstone at the new home of the Johnson Graduate School of Management, a restyled Sage Hall, during a ceremony Oct. 15. The event begins at 3:30 p.m. at the west entrance of Sage Hall.
Pianist Malcolm Bilson says he wants to start a revolution. And he's encouraging the revolt by offering the world of classical music a new take on one of the single most important cycles ever written for piano -- the complete cycle of Beethoven piano sonatas.
Should it be illegal for universities to consider the race of student applicants in their efforts to produce a diverse student body? That question will be addressed in a debate between Gary Orfield, Harvard professor of education and social policy, and Ward Connerly, a member of the Board of Regents of the University of California, Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. in Cornell's Barnes Hall.
When does the public's right to know outweigh an individual's right to privacy? Does a reporter have the right to search for any personal information available? Is there a difference between printed records and electronic databases?
