The body of recent alumna Tine Rubow was recovered from the creek at Taughannock Falls State Park in the afternoon of Dec. 2. New York State Park Police are investigating. (Dec. 3, 2010)
About 60 people rallied Dec. 3 to oppose the decision to have Africana Studies report to the College of Arts and Sciences, and letters of protest were delivered to the president and provost.
Provost Fuchs says Africana Studies will launch a Ph.D. program, and receive new funds and faculty positions, as well as the 'critical academic and administrative support that a college is best able to provide.'
Colin Parrish, the John M. Olin Professor of Virology, is the new director of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine's Baker Institute for Animal Health and the Feline Health Center.
Almost two dozen people discussed the role of technology in promoting a safe and civil campus community Nov. 30 at the second Caring Community Forum. (Dec. 2, 2010)
Events on campus this week include an outdoor gear sale, a reception for Exit Saigon, women's ice hockey, orchestral and jazz performances in Bailey Hall, and the Chorus and Glee Club in Sage Chapel. (Dec. 2, 2010)
As the number of species declines due to habitat loss, pollution and climate change, the risk of catching infectious diseases may rise for humans, animals and plants. (Dec. 2, 2010)
Michal Lipson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received a 2010 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists from the New York Academy of Sciences. (Dec. 2, 2010)
Cornell researchers have developed a tool that can predict - and thereby perhaps prevent - flash stock market crashes, such as the one that occurred May 6, 2010. (Dec. 1, 2010)