David Harris began his duties as interim provost Sept. 1, and his experience as deputy provost and vice provost for the social sciences has prepared him to hit the ground running during the search process. (Sept. 2, 2008)
A new program connected to Cornell's Shoals Marine Laboratory aims to introduce freshmen from all walks of life, but particularly underrepresented youth who tend to hail from urban areas, to studying marine science.
From hepatitis prevention to virtual lab animals on a chip, five scientific advances with the potential to change society will be examined at a symposium on Monday, Oct. 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Cornell.
The Cornell Board of Trustees will meet in Ithaca on Friday, May 22, and Saturday, May 23. The open session will include a discussion of the 1999-2000 operating and capital budget plans for the statutory colleges.
A two-day symposium, "American Society: Diversity and Consensus," will be held at Cornell Oct. 20-21, both to honor Robin W. Williams Jr., the Henry Scarborough Professor Emeritus of Social Science at Cornell.
A community program to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), 318 N. Albany St., on Martin Luther King Day.
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Cornell's Albert R. Mann Library $865,845 for the preservation of books, family farm memoirs, land transactions and other published materials that depict the history of American agricultural and rural life.
Kyle L. Grazier, associate professor of heath care finances and director of the Sloan Program at Cornell University, has been named a J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise at Cornell.
Igor Novikov, theoretical astrophysicist, will deliver two lectures as the Thomas Gold Lecturer at Cornell. Novikov, a professor at the Theoretical Astrophysics Center in Copenhagen, Denmark.
On Sept. 11, 1906, Mahatma Gandhi launched his peaceful campaign against injustices toward Indians in South Africa.
It is not the event we normally associate with Sept. 11. But on a day of remembering the victims of the Sept. 11,…