Gerontologist Karl Pillemer's new book, '30 Lessons for Living,' gleans advice on living better and aging well from more than 1,200 older Americans. (Nov. 10, 2011)
Svante Myrick '09 was elected as Ithaca's next mayor Nov. 8, winning a four-way race with 54 percent of the vote. At age 24, he will be the city's youngest mayor. (Nov. 10, 2011)
Events on campus this week include a concert highlighting concern for climate change, a symposium on international studies issues, and opening events for an exhibition of 19th-century photography. (Nov. 10, 2011)
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. (Nov. 10, 2011)
Despite some challenges, the benefits of consolidating more than 30 business service centers range from a sharing of best practices to improved compliance, directors said.
On Nov. 9, Weill Cornell Medical College dedicated the Belfer Research Building, a state-of-the-art facility that will more than double the medical college's existing research space. (Nov. 9, 2011)
Computer science professor Fred Schneider '75 has given Cornell library a first edition of 'Catch-22.' The novel's author served with Schneider's father in World War II. (Nov. 9, 2011)
At an ILR School talk Nov. 8, Daniel Katz told of parallels between today and the 1930s, when the nation and its labor unions were divided by issues of race and gender equality and immigration. (Nov. 9, 2011)
The deadline for completing the Cornell Employee Survey is Nov. 18. The survey, done at the request of the Employee Assembly, was announced by President David Skorton Oct. 24.
Cornell researchers have demonstrated that the passage of a light beam through an optical fiber can be controlled by just a few photons of another light beam. (Nov. 8, 2011)