Events this week include legendary guitarist Gary Lucas performing a live film score, the Cornell Symphony Orchestra in Bailey Hall, Locally Grown Dance at the Schwartz Center, and faculty talks on wild honeybees and legalizing cannabis.
The National Association for Female Executives has recognized Cornell for its work/life programs for women, opportunity for advancement, the presence of women among Cornell executives and compensation. (March 18, 2008)
An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.
Researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have found evidence that the 'drying up' of Australia over the past 20 million years triggered an explosive diversification of skinks. (Sept. 19, 2007)
The research could have implications for reconstructing personal ancestries, personalized medicine, drug treatments and mapping risk factors for such common diseases as hypertension and diabetes. (Dec. 22, 2009)
From why we have “fake news” to what people really think about data privacy, research by a select group of Cornell social scientists has been funded thanks to the Institute for the Social Sciences’ Spring 2018 Small Grant Awards.
The Quill Guild, a creative writing club at Cornell, aims to create a community for collaborative learning and writing, was established in fall 2015 by Aisha Rupasingha ’18, an English major.
The new major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences was approved March 8 by the Cornell Faculty Senate and, pending state approval, will launch in fall 2018.
The fundraising campaign will build on its successes and support the strategic plan's priorities as the university approaches its sesquicentennial in 2015.
At the Nov. 9 meeting of the faculty Senate, Provost Michael Kotlikoff unveiled a plan for addressing student housing on Cornell's Ithaca campus while also advancing investments in academic initiatives.