Cornell University is announcing its ninth annual Pre-Orientation Service Trips (POST) program for new Cornell students. POST, a program of the Cornell Public Service Center, provides a group of first-year and transfer students with opportunities, before the start of the school year, to perform community service projects for a number of local agencies. Students also get a head start on making friends and become familiar with the Ithaca community, which will be their home during their time at Cornell. Beginning Sunday, Aug. 15, and ending the morning of Friday, Aug. 20, some 65 incoming Cornell students and 16 upper-level students who are team leaders will spend five days and nights serving the Ithaca community through public service projects.
Pledging to make strong relations between Cornell University and the city of Ithaca "a hallmark of my presidency," Cornell President Jeffrey S. Lehman began his inaugural celebration in Ithaca today (Oct. 16) by announcing a proposal for a new memorandum of understanding that would significantly increase the university's monetary contributions to the city. "A strong university and a strong community go hand in hand," Lehman said this morning at a meeting with community leaders at the Tompkins County Public Library in downtown Ithaca. "A community with outstanding services, outstanding schools, and outstanding recreational and cultural opportunities makes Cornell attractive to outstanding students, faculty and staff members. Those students, faculty and staff members, in turn, help keep the community strong and contribute to the overall quality of life. We need to recognize the importance of our town-gown partnership. We need to celebrate it. And we need to strengthen it, especially in an era of budget constraints." (October 16, 2003)
Cornell's student body have elected sophomore Asa Craig as its representative to the Cornell Board of Trustees. He will serve a two-year term beginning July 1. (April 24, 2009)
New York, NY (February 11, 2004) -- Capsule endoscopy, the "camera pill" device already shown to be effective in diagnosing conditions of the small intestine, may now be an effective non-invasive alternative for diagnosing conditions of the esophagus such as Barrett's esophagus, a common result of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The paper, authored by Dr. Felice Schnoll-Sussman, a gastroenterologist at the Jay Monahan center for Gastrointestinal Health at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, was recently presented at the meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
Stamp-size satellites, developed at Cornell, are getting a test run aboard the space shuttle Endeavour when it launches April 29. They are designed to blow in the solar wind and collect data. (April 27, 2011)
Jamaica Kincaid, one of the most important and influential authors writing today, will give a reading Friday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall on the Cornell University campus. The event is free and open to the public. Kincaid is the third reader in the James McConkey Readings in American Fiction series sponsored by the Cornell Department of English's Creative Writing Program. The previous readers in the series have been Tobias Wolff, in 2001, and Tim O'Brien, in 1999. (October 15, 2003)
Mathios, who has served as interim dean since July 2007, has been appointed the Rebecca Q. and James C. Morgan Dean of the College of Human Ecology for a five-year term, beginning July 1. (June 24, 2008)
Antigen-coated membranes on the surface of E. coli bacteria cells serve as vaccine vehicles that were proven effective against a highly deadly pathogen, a Cornell-led research group has shown.
Peter Enns, assistant professor of government, finds that our lengthy,expensive presidential campaigns do less to sway voters, who focus on "fundamental" questions of economic prosperity and candidate ratings.
The Cornell-administered George Jean Nathan Award for 2011-12 went to two drama critics. Nathan, a prominent theater critic and member of the Cornell Class of 1904, endowed the award. (Dec. 5, 2012)