Ithaca's Common Council unanimously voted to allow Cornell to install more visually appealing temporary bridge barriers as the university and the city work to find an acceptable long-term solution. (Aug. 5, 2010)
The contingent hopes to use the meeting as a springboard for creating interdisciplinary partnerships at Cornell to research pressing climate issues in the future.
Three local nonprofit organizations will receive a total of $10,000 in grants from a class in the College of Human Ecology designed to teach students about philanthropy. (Dec. 3, 2009)
After 40 years of 'exemplary service,' Stephen Philip Johnson, vice president for government and community relations, has announced his retirement. He will continue in his role until a successor is found.
More than 600 Cornell alumni and students came together in early January at 32 sites across the United States to connect and make a difference as part of the Public Service Center’s Cornell Cares Day.
Cornell United Way co-chairs KyuJung Whang and Anne Kenney focus on the benefits that United Way-supported programs bring to the lives of local and Cornell community members.
Two new A.D. White Professors-at-Large have been appointed to help spark intellectual and cultural life at Cornell: musicologist Christopher Hogwood and anti-apartheid activist Albie Sachs. (Oct. 10, 2012)
Cornell's John Blume and a team of law students worked on the mental retardation litigation in the case of Edward Lee Elmore, who was recently released from prison after 30 years of incarceration. (April 9, 2012)
Cornell and the Honduran nonprofit Agua Para el Pueblo, founding members of the AguaClara network, will be honored as Intel Environment Tech Award laureates during The Tech Awards gala, Oct. 20. (Sept. 29, 2011)
The event will feature a bevy of speakers and will showcase the latest innovations in bioenergy research, March 10-13 in Washington, D.C. (March 2, 2009)