The Cornell University Council has been reviewing several new initiatives, including the possibility that prospective freshmen will be able to apply to both a primary and an alternate college at Cornell, beginning in the fall of 2007.
Meridian 180, an online and transpacific think tank in three languages for multidisciplinary working groups from around the world to promote real policy changes, has officially launched. (March 20, 2012)
A dieter's decision to eat or not is often determined by powerful environmental cues that he or she is probably not even aware of. But daily weighing can help, reports a new Cornell study. (Nov. 16, 2011)
Palestinian-Israeli writer Sayed Kashua, who writes in Hebrew, has a hit Israeli TV series and several novels to his credit. He will speak at Cornell on "The Foreign Mother Tongue" on March 25.
Cornell's Institute of Food Science will host a symposium, "Research and Development of New and Emerging Food Processes and Products," May 3-4 on the Ithaca campus.
With the theme "Louder Together," 58 first-year architecture students aim to unite the campus and celebrate their diversity and collective voice at the annual Dragon Day parade March 31.
Graduate students at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station raise scholarship money for local students interested in agriculture through sales of apple cider. (Nov. 7, 2012)
Teresa Danso-Danquah ’15, an ILR School student who has worked on advocating for people with disabilities at Cornell nationally and internationally, has been named a 2014 Truman Scholar.
Events on campus June 18-July 2 include a 40th anniversary celebration of Cornell Cinema, summer session concerts and lectures, a quilt exhibit at the Johnson Museum, garden tours and bird walks. (June 17, 2010)