An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.
At the fourth annual Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives’ Honors Awards Ceremony May 5, Cornellians received awards awards named after Cornell trailblazers.
Alumnae Alice Katz Berglas '66, Myra Maloney Hart '62, Judith H. Monson '69 and Rebecca Quinn Morgan '60 were recently elected honorary members of Sphinx Head, Cornell's oldest senior honor society.
Two of the major gifts to Cornell announced this week will help support sustainability and energy research on campus through the new Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future. (Oct. 19, 2007)
The recently designed intercampus Web site includes a matchmaking service to forge research connections between Cornell's Ithaca and New York City campuses. (May 23, 2008)
In June, University Ombudsman Walter Lynn will leave the job to his yet-to-be-chosen successor. Nominations are being accepted for the position. (March 31, 2011)
Researchers report the discovery of the first fossilized flowers from South America, and perhaps the entire Southern Hemisphere, following an extinction event that killed most dinosaurs.
Making small easy changes to our eating habits at least 25 days a month can lead to sustainable weight loss, according to new Cornell research. (Dec. 20, 2012)
Facilities Services implemented a compressed workweek schedule this fall. Thirty-nine staff members are now working four days a week, 10 hours a day. (Dec. 11, 2008)
J.W. 'Bill' Marriott Jr., chairman and CEO of Marriott International, will receive the first Icon of the Industry Award from the Hotel School June 2. (April 20, 2009)