Professors N'Dri Assie-Lumumba and Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo have each received the 2010 Distinguished Africanist Award from the New York State African Studies Association. (April 15, 2010)
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the death of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 'Known to Everyone, Liked by All: The Business of Being Mark Twain' will be on display April 23-Oct. 8 in the Kroch Library. (April 15, 2010)
The incinerator at Cornell's Vet School was officially shut down on April 7 and replaced with a new digester for disposing of animal remains. (April 15, 2010)
Four members of the IthaQatar Ambassadors went to Doha over spring break to advocate for an official exchange program between Cornell's Ithaca and Qatar campuses. (April 15, 2010)
James E. Hansen, called the father of climate change science, will deliver the 2010 Jill and Kenneth Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture Monday, April 19.
The Department of Astronomy will celebrate the life and work of William Gordon, founder of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 15, in G10 Biotech. (April 14, 2010)
Thomas Pepinsky, government, and Eswar Prasad, applied economics and management, have been selected as two of 39 outstanding scholars of Asia to participate in the new National Asia Research Program. (April 14, 2010)
A team from Cornell received a first-place 'Platinum Award' at the ninth annual North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge, held April 9-10, in Visalia, Calif. (April 14, 2010)
Christina Copeland '11 has received a 2010 Morris K. Udall Scholarship for U.S. students with excellent academic records and an interest in public policy careers. (April 14, 2010)