The Summer Math institute, launched in 2006 for college students considering graduate school, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for $753,000 over the next three years. (Sept. 4, 2008)
The President's Council of Cornell Women, an alumnae group that serves as an advisory council to Cornell's president, has awarded its 2001 research grants to seven women faculty members.
Cornell University students taking part in an international competition to build a state-of-the-art solar-powered house will hold an Earth Day Celebration in the Sage Hall atrium, April 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. The celebration is free and open to the public. Booths and posters will provide a sneak preview of the Cornell entry in the fall 2005 competition, the National Solar Decathlon. During the Earth Day event, Ithaca Mayor Carolyn Peterson and New York State Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton (D-125th) will comment on environmental policies. (April 13, 2004)
When Anisa Draboo receives her master's degree in International Development from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning on May 29, she will be the first Cornell University graduate among a new group of dedicated international students studying ways to make the most troubled areas of the world more livable. The students in the group know some of the world's worst problems firsthand -- and they have an extra dose of motivation to find the solutions.
President David Skorton announced the naming of the Carolyn 'Biddy' Martin Room at Martin's farewell reception on Bailey Plaza, Sept. 2. (Sept. 3, 2008)
John Butler Babcock, a Cornell 'foremost benefactor,' was active in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell Plantations and the Johnson Museum.
Eight students from the University of the Free State in South Africa reflected on what they observed and learned toward the end of their visit to Cornell, Oct. 5. (Oct. 10, 2011)
Joseph A. Kahl, an expert on social stratification and a professor of sociology at Cornell from 1969 until his retirement in 1983, died Jan. 1 in Bethesda, Md., at age 86.
The Third Biennial Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference, on campus Sept. 22-23, explored the connections between risky decision-making and brain mechanisms. (Oct. 7, 2011)