The plaza in front of Day and Stimson halls is about to undergo a facelift that is designed to improve the safety of the area and beautify a major entryway to Cornell.
Twenty-eight teen-agers associated with the New York City agency Boys Harbor will attend Cornell's Summer College, from June 22 to Aug. 6, on scholarship support from an anonymous donor. Six students from Central Park East High School and University Heights (Bronx) High School in New York also are coming to Summer College with scholarship support from the Uris Foundation.
Eight days after about 550 high school juniors and seniors arrive on campus for Cornell's Summer College program, 150 high school sophomores will check into campus residence halls as the inaugural class of the Summer Honors Program for High School Sophomores, which begins June 30.
Although expensive and complicated to adjust, a split keyboard mounted onto the arms of a worker's chair can help reduce a typist's risk of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and other cumulative trauma disorders, according to a new Cornell study.
Just days from the official start of summer - June 20 at 10:24 p.m. EDT - climatologists from the Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC) at Cornell won't let you soon forget this past winter's snow.
Scholars and collectors interested in African art have long focused their attention on traditional works -- particularly the wooden sculptures and ethnographic artifacts that may be seen in today's Western museums and are described in mainstream art history textbooks.
A group of alumni of the Cornell International Nutrition Program are gathering in Ithaca this week to honor the work, life and ideas of their friend and mentor, Michael Latham, M.D., Cornell professor of international nutritional sciences.
Biddy Martin, the chair of Cornell University's Department of German Studies for the past two years, has been appointed associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1.
The Cornell Board of Trustees Executive Committee will meet in New York City on Thursday, June 20. The meeting will be held in Room A/B of the Cornell Club of New York, 6 East 44th St.
The Exxon Education Foundation, which donates $3 for every $1 Exxon employees and retirees contribute to colleges and universities, recently presented Cornell with a check for $270,267.
Cornell transportation officials have announced that a temporary bus stop has been added on East Avenue, by Stimson Hall, to address the needs of southbound passengers generated by the Sage Hall renovation project.
