The Cornell Faculty Institute for Diversity is set for June 1-4. Organizers in the Diversity Council and the Center for Learning and Teaching hope that participants from many disciplines will incorporate elements of diversity into their courses. (Jan. 25, 2008)
Events on campus this week include the MLK Commemorative Lecture, Howardena Pindell, a talk on immigration, opening of the Jewish Film Festival, Jazz Ensembles' Swing Fling, and Savion Glover. (Feb. 17, 2011)
On Monday, April 16, Ambassador Alon Pinkas, the Counsel General of Israel, will give two talks titled "The Middle East After Israeli Elections: Thoughts on the Past and Prospects for the Future" in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall.
LibeCast, Cornell University Library's new webcasting initiative, offers video and audio programs about the library and its many exhibitions, events, lectures and services. (June 4, 2007)
Robert D. Ralyea, a U.S. Army chief warrant officer and a Cornell graduate student in food science, was given the Meritorious Service Medal one of the Army's most prestigious peacetime awards on Feb. 25.
Professors Ross Brann, Albert George and David Winkler have been chosen for the 2007 Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowships for excellence in teaching and advising undergraduate students. (Jan. 16, 2008)
Cornell has mobilized a host of outreach efforts, including augmented counseling services and an appeal to faculty, teaching assistants and supervisors to talk with students about maintaining perspective. (March 16, 2010)
"I didn't attach writing to politics; I just thought it was important to inform Swazis about certain simple things that can be harmful," says writer Sarah Mkhonza [pronounced mm-KON-za] of her fictional stories that tell of…
Children and adults joined the Lab of Ornithology and Cornell Cooperative Extension-New York City May 10-13 to Celebrate Urban Birds -- NYC. (May 14, 2007)