Colonial Latin America. Latin American Women Writers. Bandits, Deviants and Rebels in Latin America. Labor in Developing Economies. One glance at the course listing in the brochure for Cornell's new concentration in Latin American studies reveals the breadth of this program, now available to undergraduates.
India's attorney general, the Hon. Soli Sorabjee, will give two talks at Cornell this week that are free and open to the public. Combating international terrorism in East Asia while protecting human rights is his overall subject. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 12:15 p.m., he will give a talk titled "Tackling Terror and Other Human Rights Issues" as part of the South Asia Seminar at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, G08 Uris Hall. He also will speak Thursday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m. on "Judicial Protection of Human Rights" at Cornell Law School, in G90 Myron Taylor Hall. (September 29, 2003)
Renowned monarch butterfly expert Lincoln P. Brower will speak on "The Grand Saga of Monarch Butterfly Migration: An Endangered Biological Phenomenon" at the annual Grace C. Griswold Distinguished Lecture.
Michael C. Ruettgers, executive chairman of EMC Corp., will speak at Cornell University Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 5 p.m. in Barnes Hall auditorium. As CEO of EMC from 1992 to 2001, Ruettgers presided over enormous growth, driving the company to become the world leader in computer information storage systems. He was named one of the world's top 25 executives by Business Week and one of the best CEOs in America by Worth magazine. His company, which has built a reputation for being fanatically devoted to customer service, was named "world's most customer-centric company" in Fast Company magazine. Ruettgers' talk, "Managing Trust: The Acid Test of Leadership," is part of the Johnson Graduate School of Management Park Leadership Speaker series and is free and open to the public. (October 2, 2002)
To give the Cornell community an opportunity to hear from a wide range of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from around the world, the Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club, a student-run organization, is sponsoring the Entrepreneurship Symposium Feb. 16 at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management.
The President's Council of Cornell Women, an alumnae group that serves as an advisory council to Cornell's president, has awarded its 2001 research grants to seven women faculty members.
Kathy Ramsey has a weakness for Sudoku puzzles. So when she glanced at the enticing 25-by-25 square published in the March 2 issue of the Cornell Chronicle (which appeared with a story about Cornell physicist Veit Elser's work on X-ray diffraction microscopy), she figured she would toy with it in her spare time. (March 28, 2006)
Speaking to Cornell alumni visiting their alma mater, Cornell President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes talked about a reunion with the terra mater, mother Earth. Presenting the annual Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecture June 10 during Reunion Weekend, he urged responsible social policies for the planet.
Anne Kenney, an internationally respected expert in digital library development, has been named Cornell's Carl A. Kroch University Librarian. She has been serving as interim university librarian since February 2007. (March 31, 2008)