Six custodial staff were recognized with the Bartels Award for Custodial Service Excellence, others with scholarship awards. The awards are endowed by gifts from Phil Bartels '71 and his family. (Jan. 13, 2011)
The Cornell University Board of Trustees will meet in Ithaca March 8 and 9. The board will meet from 9 to 11:45 a.m. and again from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 9, in the Trustee Meeting Room of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art on the Cornell campus. The morning session will be open to the public from 9 to approximately 10 a.m. Topics will include a report from President Hunter Rawlings; a report on the Student Assembly, by assembly president Uzo Asonye, a junior; a report on the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, by assembly president Patrick Carr; and an update on the state budget, including proposed statutory college tuition.
The Animal Behavior Society bestowed its highest honor on Cornell behavioral ecologist Stephen Emlen July 29 during its 48th annual meeting in Bloomington, Ind. (July 29, 2011)
Cornell sociologist Matthew Brashears has received a $797,000 grant to develop methods of identifying covert social networks, including terrorist networks. (June 11, 2010)
A remarkable collection of scientifically accurate glass sea life sculptures by famous glass artists goes on display June 11 in Mann Library with a lecture by Cornell expert Drew Harvell.