Excavation work at 726 University Ave. ended after a previously unknown oil tank was discovered about four feet below the parking lot. Its oil was pumped out and the tank removed. (May 16, 2011)
With new events to increase awareness, the Cornell Student United Way received the inaugural United Way Worldwide Student United Way Campus Organization of the Year award May 6. (May 16, 2011)
Michael Hyon '13, Heather Schopper '12 and Peter Smallidge, director of the Arnot Forest, were recognized as 'local heroes' at the Red Cross 2011 Real Heroes Award breakfast April 29. (May 16, 2011)
What previous researchers thought might be a supersolid transition in helium is better explained by changes in the solid's resistance to shearing, according to Cornell research. (May 12, 2011)
The Cornell PULSE (Perceptions of Undergraduate Life and Student Experiences) Survey finds that student satisfaction, overall and with various aspects of the Cornell experience, remains high. (May 12, 2011)
Nancy Hinkley of the ILR School's Employment and Disability Institute draws on her life experiences to help young people with disabilities. (May 12, 2011)
'S/he,' a play with outreach activities, is about what it means to be a woman from a U.S. and Turkish perspective and runs at Ithaca's Kitchen Theatre until May 15. (May 12, 2011)
Events this week include 'The Red Shoes' at Cornell Cinema, an event for Bob Dylan's 70th birthday, a conference on art and technology and the Mayfest chamber music festival.
Ted Thoren, who led his teams baseball and football teams to more wins than any Cornell coach in a decades-long, storied career, died in Ithaca at age 89. (May 11, 2011)