The new student docent program at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art trains about a dozen students a year to give tours. Students recruit and schedule their own groups. (March 1, 2011)
Professor emeritus of art Zevi Blum, B.Arch. '57, an artist who taught drawing in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning for more than 30 years, died Feb. 25 in San Francisco. He was 77. (March 1, 2011)
Students in the Sloan Program in Health Administration learned about hospital administration at Jan. 20-21 visit to the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. (March 1, 2011)
Richard Daines, M.D. '78, former health commissioner and a leader in the battle against childhood obesity, died unexpectedly Feb. 26 at his home in Stanfordville, N.Y. He was 60. (Feb. 28, 2011)
The syllabus for a social entrepreneurship course, taught by Anke Wessels of the Center for Transformative Action at Cornell, has won an award from Ashoka, a global group of social entrepreneurs. (Feb. 28, 2011)
Patsy Brannon, David Levitsky, Ling Qi and Barbara Strupp, Division of Nutrition Sciences, have received awards from the American Society for Nutrition for their nutrition research and public service. (Feb. 28, 2011)
Previously known as the Emergency Grant Fund, the Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Employees (CARE) Fund provides confidential financial assistance to faculty and staff for one-time emergencies. (Feb. 28, 2011)
Cornell will receive $40 million from the U.K.'s Department for International Development and the Gates Foundation to fight a wheat pathogen that threatens the world's food security. (Feb. 27, 2011)
Cornell's East Asian Studies celebrates six decades of developing multicultural academic programs throughout the world with a 60th Anniversary Symposium and other events, March 4-5. (Feb. 25, 2011)