Events this week include piano improvisations in Bailey Hall, coffee and birds at the Lab of Ornithology, Judy's Day at Cornell Plantations, and a regional cancer and environment forum. (Sept. 17, 2009)
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Ross Brann takes a look back at the long road in creating the West Campus Residential Initiative, a unique living-learning environment for students. (Sept. 17, 2009)
The university is retiring its 'postoffice' e-mail system and moving students to Google Apps Education Edition, and faculty and staff to Microsoft Exchange. (Sept. 16, 2009)
Wi-Fi service has been extended throughout all North Campus buildings, as has ATT cellular coverage. Wi-Fi also is available in common rooms in parts of West Campus and in Collegetown. (Sept. 16, 2009)
Students often know more about computers than teachers. So the Student Technology Assistant Program employs students to help faculty deploy modern technology in their classrooms. (Sept. 16, 2009)
An exhibit in Mann Library's second-floor gallery through Oct. 17 features wearable art with the theme 'Red!' Pieces include fabric origami, electroluminescence and 'sound' waves. (Sept. 16, 2009)
Tickets are on sale through Oct. 2 for the annual Cornell Employee Celebration, which will feature a variety of Cornell athletic events and a community dinner in Barton Hall, Saturday, Oct. 10. (Sept. 16, 2009)
Cornell garnered a gold medal and two bronzes in this year's CASE Circle of Excellence Awards. Photographer Jason Koski won the top prize for an individual photo. (Sept. 16, 2009)
Nearly 140 retirees and family members of George Peter gathered at the Cornell Recreation Connection Park Sept. 10 to honor Peter, an active Cornell employee who died in August 2008. (Sept. 16, 2009)
Cornell's new Climate Action Plan, released Sept. 15, will not only make the university far more energy efficient but also could save Cornell hundreds of millions of dollars over the next 40 years.