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. 27, 2012)
Filmmaker Sam Green will present the live documentary 'The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller' Sept. 29 at Cornell Cinema, with live narration by Green and a live score performed by Yo La Tengo. (Sept. 27, 2012)
Former presidential candidates Howard Dean and Rick Santorum will debate 'The Role of Government in a Free Society' on campus Oct. 18. (Sept. 27, 2012)
A Cornell Cooperative Extension program is operating a garden-based learning program to teach incarcerated youths skills, confidence and healthy lifestyles. (Sept. 27, 2012)
Ruth Schwartz, professor emerita in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, died Sept. 19 as the result of a motor vehicle accident. She was 87. Funeral services were held Sept. 24. (Sept. 27, 2012)
A National Science Foundation grant to the Department of Classics will support dendrochronology research in the Near East to determine a precise radiocarbon timeline for Biblical archaeology. (Sept. 27, 2012)
The literary theory journal diacritics, founded at Cornell in 1971, enters its 40th year of publication with a complete redesign, and donation of its archives to Cornell University Library. (Sept. 27, 2012)
Events on campus this week include a tech industry career fair, a conference honoring Mary Beth Norton, a lecture on serving global healthcare, and an epic Turkish film. (Sept. 27, 2012)
The Sagan Planet Walk, with tiny spheres scattered across Ithaca representing the planets, will become the world's largest exhibition, with a new station depicting Alpha Centauri. (Sept. 26, 2012)
V.P. Elmira Mangum said the revised guidelines provide units with assistance in determining how to proceed with capital projects and clear direction on funding requirements before a project can go forward. (Sept. 26, 2012)