Thought the Department of German Studies was dedicated to the exclusive study of the language, literature and culture of Germany? Or that English literature was confined to poetry and prose of the British Isles?
Not anymore. As…
Professors Debra Castillo and Angela Gonzales were named Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellows for community-based research and impact on students.
When Yolanda King, the eldest child of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, visited the Cornell campus last February and performed "Open My Eyes, Open My Soul: Discovering the Power of Diversity" in Sage Chapel, she received a standing ovation from the audience. That visit has now garnered the James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony for the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Committee, which organized the event. The prize was awarded in a special ceremony April 29 in the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room.
About 30 students from the Cornell Commitment office – Meinig scholars, Rawlings research scholars and Cornell Tradition fellows – presented posters and panel discussions Sept. 27.
The Adelphic Cornell Educational Fund has committed $200,000 to enhance the Cornell experience for student veterans. The gift will support a new veterans advocate position to serve as a point of contact for all student veterans.
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. (April 26, 2012)
Palestinian-Israeli writer Sayed Kashua, who writes in Hebrew, has a hit Israeli TV series and several novels to his credit. He will speak at Cornell on "The Foreign Mother Tongue" on March 25.
The AARP has named Cornell the top U.S. employer for workers 50 and older for the second consecutive year. CU is the first employer in AARP's history to be recognized as the No. 1 employer more than once. (Sept. 9, 2009)
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. (April 19, 2012)