Professor Alice Pell, who is director of Cornell's International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD), will assume her new position July 1. (June 10, 2008)
A federal judge has dismissed a Cornell graduate's $1 million lawsuit over a 1983 Cornell Chronicle report, recently made available on the Internet, that he had been charged with burglary when he was a student. (June 9, 2008)
Students in Ewa Harabasz's Painting II class turned a stairwell in East Sibley Hall into a canvas for a spring semester project, inspired by graffiti and other painting techniques. (June 9, 2008)
Artist and Cornell staffer Karen Brummund is inviting public participation in her latest installation, a full-scale drawing of a barn in Groton. (June 9, 2008)
Garbage-truck traffic through Ithaca -- instead of on the surrounding interstates -- does not save truckers time or much money, and is causing safety issues for the community, a Cornell study shows. (June 9, 2008)
The Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell is hosting 11 faculty fellows as part of its new in-residence program, awarding each a $10,000 grant to pursue their research beginning in September. (June 9, 2008)
President David Skorton spoke to alumni about the accomplishments of the past year and emphasized that while science, technology and engineering are thriving on campus, so too are the social sciences, humanities and arts. (June 7, 2008)
The nationally respected journalist shared her thoughts on this year's presidential campaign at the 2008 Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecture, June 6. (June 7, 2008)
The history of winemaking and grape growing was anything but smooth, according to wine expert Thomas Pinney, who gave a lecture to Cornell alumni June 5 during Reunion Weekend.