John "Gutie" Gutenberger, former mayor of the City of Ithaca and special adviser to the Office of Community Relations, will retire from the university April 14.
Poetry, belly dancing and bear hugs highlighted the BEAR Walk Community Fair, Sept. 5 in Collegetown, an event that encouraged Cornell students to engage with their adopted home and be good neighbors.
Diane Levitt, senior director of K-12 education at Cornell Tech, helped local teachers explore ways to integrate computational thinking into their classrooms in a Sept. 28 workshop, “Inspiring a Passion for Computational Thinking,” at Clark Hall.
A team from Cornell has partnered with Alfred State College and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure in Nigeria to help bring solar power to that African nation.
President Martha E. Pollack urged incoming students to keep their headphones off and their minds open to everything they might experience at Cornell during New Student Convocation, Aug. 24 at Schoellkopf Field.
The second Community Engagement Staff Institute on Jan. 7 drew 70 staff members from across campus to discuss their engagement work with students and ways to strengthen community partnerships.
Interim President Hunter Rawlings issued a statement Oct. 26 congratulating Ithaca City School District's Luvelle Brown on being named the 2017 New York State Superintendent of the Year.
The third annual Diversity Preview Weekend, held March 7-10, brought underrepresented minority students to Cornell to learn about the university and gain confidence to apply to graduate school.
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences announced March 8 an agreement with SUNY Broome Community College that lets students complete a degree in Cornell’s Department of Food Science.