The top stories in 2006 were the inauguration of David J. Skorton as Cornell's 12th president and the launch of the university's $4 billion campaign. Enjoy this look back at a few of Cornell's accomplishments, events, research and outreach efforts, and have a healthy, happy new year.
Cornell President David Skorton will meet with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other high-level officials in government, business and education in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Andrea Haenlin-Mott has been appointed Cornell's first Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator for facilities. The university has also launched an informational Web site on disabilities for faculty, staff and students.
The Appel Institute for Alzheimer's Research at Weill Cornell Medical College will seek to better understand the debilitating disease, develop treatments and eventually find a cure.
The College of Architecture, Art and Planning welcomed the famed distance runner and humanitarian with a reception Dec. 14 that also launched the Growing Up in Nairobi program and a planning and architecture studio.
A student organization called the Cornell Computer Reuse Club and some staff members refurbish Cornell computers and donate them to schools in Zambia, Togo and Jamaica, and even to Tompkins County-area organizations.
About 270 undergraduates, 60 master's degree candidates, 40 Ph.D. candidates and a lone Johnson School MBA candidate participated in the fourth annual midyear graduation ceremony, Dec. 16.
Having graduated from Cornell a semester early this week, Lisa Gilbertson will head back home, where she hopes to pursue a career in environmental conservation -- a career path she has long sought.
Katie Whalen transferred to Cornell as a sophomore from Villanova University, but soon found ways to fit in and take advantage of the many social and academic opportunities on the Ithaca campus.
In the hotel business, 60 percent of frontline workers and 25 percent of managers leave their jobs each year, costing employers a bundle, says a new study from Cornell's School of Hotel Administration.