The Provost Search Committee is inviting members of the Cornell community to submit the names of outstanding individuals to serve as provost. (Aug. 19, 2008)
Concerned that raccoon rabies could infect wildlife and humans, Canadian authorities are reaching across the border to help support oral vaccination programs in Northeastern states by veterinarians and wildlife biologists from the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Tuition keeps going up, but that's because higher education is labor intensive and outside support is not increasing accordingly, says Provost Biddy Martin. (May 3, 2007)
Undergraduate and graduate students in landscape architecture and city and regional planning developed their computer-generated design strategies for a group of citizens concerned over a new waterfront zoning being implemented by the New York City Planning Department for Greenpoint Terminal.
The Internet Archive will create periodic snapshots of the entire Cornell Web space and other scholarly and historically important sites outside of Cornell. (March 15, 2011)
The Cornell University Library (CUL) is seeking talented minority high school students from Tompkins County to participate in its inaugural Library Junior Fellows Program. Six to eight students will be selected for the paid summer program, which runs from July 1st through Aug. 9th. Deadline for applications is May 10. Junior fellows are required to work 24 hours a week on specific projects and receive on-the-job training through workshops in information literacy, and technology and research skills. They can practice those new skills on their very own refurbished computer, given to them -- for keeps -- as part of their job. In addition Junior Library Fellows will receive career counseling. The library also provides a Cornell Dining Pass for the first week of employment and a TCAT Summer Fun bus pass. (April 26, 2002)
To help those affected by the recent ice storm in upstate New York and New England, Cornell Cooperative Extension has set up a World Wide Web site called Disaster Relief Resources.
Mosaic@Atlanta, a conference of Asian-American, African-American, Hispanic and Native American Cornell alumni, faculty, students and staff, will take place Sept. 28 in Atlanta. (Sept. 18, 2007)
On Monday morning, July 10, David Skorton's Day Hall office was nearly bare: clean white walls, empty bookshelves, subdued olive and beige furniture and the light smell of fresh paint. Just a few personal touches had crept in --…