The Administrative Streamlining Program is hosting a series of informal brown-bag lunches, starting Sept. 12, to update the campus community on progress in the various initiatives. (Sept. 7, 2011)
The Cornell Onboarding Center provides a 'one-stop' service for new hires so they can activate their NetIDs, receive their photo IDs and otherwise complete the business of becoming a Cornell employee. (Sept. 7, 2011)
In her Aug. 30 College of Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture, Wellesley scholar Roxanne Euben said that dividing such rhetoric as 'Islam' and the 'West' is unproductive. (Sept. 7, 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. (Sept. 7, 2011)
Cornell placed second in AARP's 2011 list of top places to work for people over 50, having placed first on the list twice before and holding a spot on the list since 2005. (Sept. 7, 2011)
The Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Cornell's Greek system and the local chapter of the American Red Cross are holding a blood drive Sept. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Barton Hall.
In 'The Darwin Economy,' Professor Robert Frank argues that Charles Darwin will someday supplant Adam Smith as the intellectual father of economics and offers tax solutions to our economic woes. (Sept. 6, 2011)
Professor Emerita Mary Jacobus, who taught at Cornell from 1980-2000, is teaching and lecturing on campus this year as the M.H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor for 2011-12. (Sept. 6, 2011)
University Librarian Anne Kenney told alumni Sept. 1 in New York City that the library is changing in many ways and providing continued relevance to Cornellians, locally and globally. (Sept. 6, 2011)