Cornell has established an Office of Distance Learning to explore ways to extend the boundaries of the university through the use of communication technologies.
For the second consecutive year, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption has announced that Cornell has been named to its list of 'Top 100 Adoption-Friendly Workplaces.' (May 1, 2008)
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit General Manager Rod Ghearing has announced the introduction of the Cornell--Downtown Shuttle to complement Tcat's existing city bus service. The new Route 10 will provide express service between the Cornell campus and downtown Ithaca every 10 minutes.
On the heels of the drought of 1995 and the blizzard and deluge of 1996, the year 1997 is starting out normal for both precipitation and temperature, according to climatologists at the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell.
Charles S. ReVelle, a professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, will present a seminar, 'The Design of Nature Reserves -- an Eco-Informatics Discipline in Development.'
The New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced that Judd Falls Road from Route 366 to Campus Road on the Cornell University campus will be closed as of July 21. The closure is part of a $2 million renovation project that will reconstruct Route 366 between the intersections of Pine Tree and Judd Falls roads. The bridge carrying Route 366 over Cascadilla Creek will be replaced and widened to accommodate four lanes of traffic. The intersection of Judd Falls Road and Route 366 will be moved 200 feet east of its existing location when it reopens in the summer of 2003. (July 22, 2002)
Cornell food experts debated whether buying and eating more local food is worth it in terms of nutrition, emissions, food safety and land efficiency at a panel discussion, Feb. 28 in Emerson Hall. (March 4, 2008)
On Aug. 30, Peter J. Katzenstein, professor of international studies at Cornell, became president of the American Political Science Association. (Sept. 24, 2008)
As a teenager, Cornell University interim President Hunter Rawlings recalls he would have laughed at the thought of birding. Today he is an avid birder.
"I have discovered birding in a big way," and it's "not a laughable matter…