Vice President Susan Murphy expressed the university's condolences on the death of former architecture student Rion Wight. A community support meeting will be held Oct. 30 at 5 p.m. in 157 E. Sibley Hall. (Oct. 29, 2009)
The Public Seed Initiative (PSI), an agricultural outreach program based at Cornell University's Department of Plant Breeding, will hold its annual Field Day Thursday, Sept. 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on two Tompkins County, N.Y., research plots near Cornell. The locations will be the Thompson Vegetable Research Farm in Freeville and the Varna research farm, located off Route 366, both part of the plant breeding department. (August 29, 2002)
Although the Thurston Avenue Bridge was reopened to two-way traffic a few weeks ago, an official ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of the bridge's reconstruction was held Nov. 2. (Nov. 8, 2007)
Five members of the Cornell faculty, including two scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research on the campus, have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
After finding low worker satisfaction in her country, Haitian student Nemdia Daceney continued her research at Cornell this summer hoping to show employers and government officials the human dimension of economic development policies.
While at the World Bank, Basu, professor of economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies, will be on temporary leave from his post at Cornell. (Sept. 17, 2012)
Is the United States too "economically correct?" In other words, do Americans adhere too rigidly to policies like deregulation, privatization and cutbacks in the public sphere and to a belief that the free market is the cure for all of society's ills?
Cornell announced Sept. 22 that the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education has closed its investigation of a complaint alleging that the University maintains racially- and ethnically-segregated residence halls.
Johannes Gehrke, assistant professor of computer science at Cornell University, has been named a faculty associate director of the Cornell Theory Center (CTC). "Johannes is not new to the center," said Thomas Coleman, CTC director and professor of computer science and applied mathematics. "He has already helped in significant ways with many CTC initiatives over the last several years; this appointment is, in part, recognition of a growing and positive relationship. It also recognizes his international research reputation, strong leadership potential and effective collaboration skills. Our team is now deeper and stronger." (August 24, 2004)