At a Sept. 28 meeting of the Southern Tier Regional Development Council, Cornell President David Skorton, who co-chairs the council, expressed optimism for New York state's recovery. (Sept. 30, 2011)
Jack and Meryl '81 Mann recently donated $100,000 to endow a pre-major advising fund in the Office of Admissions and Academic Advising at the College of Arts and Sciences. (Sept. 30, 2011)
Jan Rock Zubrow, chair of the Executive Committee of the board of trustees and past co-chair of the campaign, talks about the campaign's successes. (Sept. 29, 2011)
Eight first-year students from the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, are visiting Cornell Sept. 25-Oct. 6 as part of a leadership training program. (Sept. 29, 2011)
The past week was one of remembrance and continued resolve on the issue of gorge safety, with a Sept. 22 open forum and a Sept. 25 memorial service for Nathaniel Rand '12, who drowned July 2. (Sept. 29, 2011)
Events on campus this week include a symposium on the latest cancer research, a gas drilling roundtable, a documentary on artist Anselm Kiefer, and gallery and garden talks at the Johnson Museum.
Cornell and the Honduran nonprofit Agua Para el Pueblo, founding members of the AguaClara network, will be honored as Intel Environment Tech Award laureates during The Tech Awards gala, Oct. 20. (Sept. 29, 2011)