Events on campus this week include an International Women’s Day Banquet, former NFL linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo discussing inclusion in athletics, and the 23rd annual Cornell Jazz Festival.
A Cornell-led team was recently awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop a computational model of how humans form and update their memories of robots.
A new HR/Payroll system, Workday, will provide integrated, intuitive and user-friendly services and tools on the desktops of faculty and staff. The application is planned for implementation in 2012. (March 3, 2011)
Davina Desnoes has been named budget director and John Adams is now assistant vice president for planning and budget, both in the Division of Planning and Budget. (Dec. 16, 2010)
Events on campus this week include a grand opening reception for the new wing at the Johnson Museum, lectures on sustainability, evolution and parenting, and British folk musician Brian Peters. (Oct. 13, 2011)
Cornell's viticulture and enology program has launched a free e-newsletter called 'Appellation Cornell' that will cover news about research, meetings and workshops, among other topics.
Cornell's Ithaca campus will end its fiscal year with a balanced consolidated operating budget, only four years after the university's structural deficit stood at $148 million.