With help from Cornell planners, residents of New Orleans' 9th Ward have been given a significant voice in how their community should be rebuilt following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. (Jan. 30, 2007)
The Human Rights Campaign chose Cornell over the Library of Congress and other contenders to house its official records, now the subject of an online exhibition. (Jan. 30, 2007)
In her new role, Taube will help coordinate and oversee the Cornell University Council, the President's Council of Cornell Women and the Presidential Councillors. (Jan. 30, 2007)
The hands of Cornell librarian David Corson literally shook as he sorted through the recent acquisition of materials of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, credited as the father of modern chemistry. (Jan. 30, 2007)
In New York City Jan. 26, Cornell's Board of Trustees voted to increase tuition for the endowed colleges 5.5 percent. The board also re-elected Peter Meinig as chairman. (Jan. 29, 2007)
The Weill Greenberg Center, named for Maurice Greenberg, a member of the Weill Cornell Medical College Board of Overseers, and Sanford I. Weill, chairman of the board, was officially named at a Jan. 26 ceremony. (Jan. 29, 2007)
Professor of Romance Studies Philip E. Lewis has been appointed vice president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Liberal Arts Colleges Program, effective Feb. 1. (Jan. 29, 2007)
Benjamin Bagby, a performer and specialist in early music, will be presenting a live reading Feb. 8 of the epic poem Beowulf in the original Old English. (Jan. 29, 2007)
With record warmth throughout the Northeast in December and early January, gardeners and commercial growers are asking: 'Will the warm weather wither my plants?'
Cornell produced more Peace Corps volunteers than any other Ivy League institution in 2006 and ranked third among like schools nationally, according to statistics released by the federal agency. (Jan. 26, 2007)