Students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences can now major in viticulture and enology -- grape growing and winemaking -- in the fall. (May 14, 2008)
The annual private event was hosted by Stewart J. Schwab, the Allan R. Tessler Dean and Professor of Law. Degrees will be conferred at the university's commencement ceremony, May 25. (May 13, 2008)
William Block, who is completing his first semester as director of the Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research, talks about CISER's role in helping the social science community, on campus and beyond. (May 13, 2008)
Assistant Professor Kathleen Vogel will use the grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York for a study on U.S. and former Soviet Union bioweapons history. (May 13, 2008)
A peaceful political resolution to the civil war in Nepal should boost enrollment in the Cornell-Nepal Study Program, Cornell Abroad's only campus-administered program. (May 13, 2008)
Capturing Cornell moments, from the silly to the sublime, over the past 40 years is the focus of 'The Cornell Zone: 1968-2008,' a photography exhibition by Gordon F. Sander '72, on view May 16-Sept. 15. (May 12, 2008)
Professor Rosemary Avery has been elected a faculty trustee; Beth McKinney '82, director of the Wellness Program, is Cornell's employee trustee; graduate student Michael Walsh is the student trustee; and Elizabeth J. Altman '88 and Ronni S. Chernoff '67 were elected by the alumni as alumni trustees. (May 9, 2008)
Mike Hoffmann, director of the Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station, oversees $5.1 million in research projects and helps create a 'culture of sustainability' on campus. (May 9, 2008)
In a letter to the editor, June Gee of Cornell Law School expresses appreciation to the Chronicle for 'bringing the vast world of Cornell to our doorsteps and our computers.' (May 9, 2008)
We sometimes (or most times) are too busy to stop and absorb life outside our circles, but I wanted to applaud you on the Cornell Chronicle. I must confess I used to give a quick scan and recycle, measureable in nanoseconds. I…