A Cornell Hitchhiker's Guide to Culture is a weekly drop-in class, only 30 minutes long, where Professor Shawkat Toorawa discusses three topics he thinks students 'should' know. (Oct. 4, 2010)
Professor James Maas has co-authored 'Sleep for Success! Everything You Must Know About Sleep but Are Too Tired to Ask,' which has many research findings and tips about getting a healthy night's sleep. (Oct. 1, 2010)
Wynton Marsalis and his orchestra not only gave a benefit concert Sept. 30, but four of the musicians mentored Cornell and Ithaca High School students, thanks to Robert Appel '53 and Helen Appel '55. (Oct. 1, 2010)
Rutgers University Professor Dorothy Sue Cobble delivered the 2010 Alice Hanson Cook Distinguished Lecture on the hidden history of working women. (Oct. 1, 2010)
John Lee Smith, who developed the Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy at Cornell United Religious Work, and a former dean at the Cornell Law School, died Sept. 27. He was 82. (Oct. 1, 2010)
ILR Professor Francine D. Blau, ILR '66, has won the prestigious IZA Prize in Labor Economics from the Institute for the Study of Labor, a think tank in Germany. (Sept. 30, 2010)
Cornell computer scientists are developing 'Fabric,' a platform and programming language to build secure distributed computer systems. (Sept. 30, 2010)
Environmental Health and Safety has been awarded a $587,684 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to review, develop and enhance emergency management efforts across the Ithaca campus. (Sept. 30, 2010)
Five student-related groups will have, as of June 2011, a new home at 626 Thurston Ave. The new occupants of the facility, formerly known as Alumni House, include the Asian/Asian American Center.
Events on campus this week include talks on energy and the environment; film on Tibet; new-music, violinist Lin, contrapunkt! and CU Winds concerts; Greg Mills on Africa; war veterans' fundraiser.