At the Career Connections Reception Sept. 10, College of Arts and Sciences alumni gathered to help liberal arts students think about and practice how they present themselves to potential employers. (Sept. 13, 2012)
Faculty members, administrators and IT professionals packed G10 Biotech to contribute ideas for the university's five-year strategic plan for information technology. (Sept. 13, 2012)
Nearly 49 percent of the Cornell Graduate School's 1,995 new students this year are from other countries, and admissions are more selective and competitive, with a 5 percent jump in applications. (Sept. 13, 2012)
Events on campus this week include jazz and classical music, book talks with Victor Nee and Frank H.T. Rhodes, and opening events in the Creative Writing Reading Series and Schwartz Center season. (Sept. 13, 2012)
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. (Sept. 13, 2012)
At the Sept. 12 Faculty Senate meeting, Provost Kent Fuchs updated faculty on various university topics, including his acceptance of the revised academic calendar the senate had ratified in May.
Provost Kent Fuchs issued a university statement on revisions to the academic calendar. Changes will go into effect beginning in the spring semester of 2014.
Entrepreneurship can transform the world and lift people out of poverty, said N.R. Narayana Murthy, speaking on campus Sept. 10. But an entrepreneur needs leadership and courage. (Sept. 12, 2012)
Fashion design major Brandon Wen's edgy piece in the Fiber Arts and Wearable Arts Exhibition was inspired by nature, film and art. But to pull off his vision, he needed help from a Cornell mycologist. (Sept. 12, 2012)
The Classical Works Knowledge Base, developed by Cornell University Library and the Department of Classics, is a boon to scholars in citing and accessing primary sources among Greek and Latin texts. (Sept. 12, 2012)