Forecasted heavy snow and fierce winds last week prompted Cornell leadership to close the university March 2. Students brushed up for prelims, as Ithaca escaped the worst of the storm.
The benefits open enrollment period for endowed staff and faculty is Nov. 1-30. New health plan rates, an enhanced dental plan, a new legal services plan and enrollment in either a medical or dependent care flexible spending account are available.
Events on campus this week include an introduction to Cornell Cinema, the Dump and Run Sale, library exhibitions all about Cornell, and a survey of art prints at the Johnson Museum.
Artist and activist Melanie Cervantes will give a public talk March 14 at 4:40 p.m. on the fourth floor of Rockefeller Hall as part of her weeklong campus visit.
The March 5 deadline for ending the DACA program has passed, and the university wants its undocumented students - and prospective students - to know that it stands behind them and has many resources available to support them.
A special Employee Assembly election will be held to fill three vacant seats. Anyone interested in running for one of those seats needs to apply by Oct. 15.
Center for Advanced Technology awards support Cornell life science faculty and research associates to develop biotechnologies with commercial potential.
Three city and regional planning graduate students traveled to Indonesia in December, to participate in the third annual Urban Social Forum and conduct research for community projects in Java.
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that the survival rate of treated Haitian AIDS patients is equal to American patients, despite poverty and economic and political obstacles.