The United Way of Tompkins County will celebrate its 21st annual Stephen E. Garner Day of Caring and kick off its 2017-18 Community Campaign Sept. 13, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Stewart Park’s large pavilion.
In honor of Veterans Day, President Martha E. Pollack thanked all faculty, staff, student and alumni veterans for their service in the U.S. armed forces.
Vice Provost for Academic Integration Gary Koretzky and Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi outlined Cornell’s policy for student testing, which begins July 16.
Employee Assembly election materials will be available March 19, for submission by March 26. Online voting will be April 10 beginning at 8 a.m. and ending April 12 at noon.
Cornell President Martha E. Pollack announced that all classes on the Ithaca campus will be suspended for three weeks effective March 13 at 5 p.m. Virtual instruction will begin April 6. Students are strongly encouraged to return to their permanent home residences as soon as feasible.
Cornell in Washington partnered with the nonprofit Building Bridges Across the River to implement development plans for the city's Anacostia neighborhood.
Isabel Wilkerson, journalist and author of “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” on Oct. 21 delivered the Cornell Center for Social Sciences’ annual Distinguished Lecture in the Social Sciences.