Many people have contributed to Cornell University’s rich history, and one key contributor – never a student, alumna or professor – was Eleanor Roosevelt.
The committee for the 1998 Robert S. Smith Award for community progress and innovation is calling for proposals from local community organizations and agencies. Proposals are due by April 15.
The Cornell Glee Club and Chorus have returned from a two-week concert tour and cultural exchange in the People's Republic of China that saw them perform in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. (April 9, 2008)
Cornell law professor Robert Hockett offers his solution for the mortgage crisis and the financial crisis, involving the Federal Housing Administration. (Nov. 5, 2008)
Organized by Modesto Quiroga, Cornell’s Cosmopolitan Club first met Nov. 10, 1904, in Barnes Hall, with 60 students attending. For the next five decades, the Cosmopolitan Club fostered international awareness and elevated peaceful thoughts.
Many Cornell students gave up beach parties for work parties during spring break not only in New Orleans, but in Boston, Orlando and rural West Virginia.
The IRS requests -- and gets -- Cornell's Legal Information Institute's Title 26 for the agency's top-drawer Tax Products CD/DVD package, which includes tax publications and forms, research tools and answers to FAQs. (Feb. 29, 2008)
Engineering students on the AguaClara Project Team pitched the idea of a water plant to the town of Ciudad Espana during the students' two-week stay in Honduras, Jan. 4-20. (Feb. 13, 2008)
Cornell students, including members of fraternity and sorority councils, and Collegetown residents will clean up the streets of Collegetown on Nov. 1. Activities include cleaning neighborhood sidewalks, streets, utility poles, and open spaces.