Almost 600 high school juniors and seniors will trade in a summer of work or sun-and-surf for the academic demands of Cornell's Summer College -- the nation's oldest such program, now in its 36th year -- which begins June 28. "The attraction here is to test the waters in an Ivy League institution, to get credit and to practice going to college before beginning freshman year," said Summer College Director Abby Eller.
Cornell graduate Michael Schwam-Baird '02 has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship to attend Oxford University, where he will pursue a master's degree in economic and social history. Schwam-Baird is a native of Jacksonville, Fla.
Gene Cretz, the first U.S. ambassador to Libya in more than 36 years, discussed diplomacy and U.S.-Libyan relations with about 100 students and faculty members in the Plant Sciences Building Oct. 7. (Oct. 8, 2009)
Diana Daniels is a fly-fishing soccer mom as well as vice chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees and general counsel and secretary of the Washington Post Co.
Five individuals who have dedicated their lives to feeding and housing the homeless will participate in a lecture series this spring at Cornell. The lecture series is part of Cornell's Housing and Feeding the Homeless Program, which began in 1988.
Archaeologists from the Public Archaeology Facility of Binghamton University will present a slide-illustrated lecture Oct. 21 that describes recent excavations on land that was part of the Ezra Cornell estate, located on what is, today, the West Campus of Cornell University. The event is scheduled for 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Tompkins County Museum, 401 E. State St., Ithaca. Excavations uncovered a mid-to-late-19th century site consisting of artifacts associated with the Christopher Carney family, who lived at 111 University Ave. Carney was an Irish immigrant who worked as a laborer for Ezra Cornell and his family. (October 15, 2002)
Novelist Junot Dâaz, M.F.A. '95, and Cornell faculty members considered the growing Latino community and the readiness of the arts to address immigration at a panel discussion Feb. 19. (Feb. 25, 2009)
Scot Safon, MBA '84, CNN Worldwide's chief marketing officer, talked about how the the digital revolution has transformed the field of marketing, in his Oct. 21 talk on campus. (Oct. 29, 2010)