Graduates, families celebrate at winter commencement

Some 360 degree candidates attended winter commencement Dec. 19 in Barton Hall, along with 2,000 cheering friends and family members. (Dec. 21, 2009)

Team considers how globalization will affect air quality

An interdisciplinary Cornell team will develop computer models, funded by the EPA, that consider such factors as trade patterns, transportation and economic geography associated with globalization. (Dec. 15, 2009)

CU students take first prize in sustainable design contest

Six graduate students received the top prize for their entry in a national competition for sustainable urban design ideas for Philadelphia. (Dec. 10, 2009)

Things to Do, Dec. 11-18

Events this week through the winter break include a holiday classic on stage, a webinar on green economy tips for policy makers, and student films and animation at Cornell Cinema. (Dec. 10, 2009)

Three students receive grants to implement innovative community projects

Khaleel Atiyyeh '10, Joanne Chickering '12 and Patricia Green '10 received 2009 Robert S. Smith Awards for Community Progress and Innovation to implement innovative community-building projects. (Dec. 3, 2009)

Task force: Merge social science units and consider a school of public policy

Social science departments are too diffuse for the university to excel in the discipline and should strategically merges some units, according to task force findings discussed Dec. 1.

Memorial service planned for former AAP student

Friends, family and classmates will remember former architecture student Rion Wight at a memorial service Dec. 5 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in John Hartell Gallery in Sibley Hall. (Dec. 1, 2009)

Architect Libeskind builds politics, emotion into designs

In a Nov. 4 talk, Daniel Libeskind described how his experiences growing up in post-war Poland, his immigration to America as a teenager and his identity as a Jew have shaped his architectural vision. (Nov. 6, 2009)

Cornell Cinema faces 'devastating' decrease in Student Activity Fee funding

The undergraduate Student Assembly has upheld a decision to cut Cornell Cinema's funding from the Student Activity Fee by 22 percent. (Nov. 3, 2009)