The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation has committed $3 million for the new Marriott Student Learning Center in the School of Hotel Administration. (Sept. 26, 2011)
Cornell’s Adult University, “a learning vacation” for the family, combines academics with the fun of a summer trip to Ithaca and Summer College brings talented high school students to campus.
More than 130 participants gathered in Syracuse to explore how to meet the workforce demands of the food and beverage industry in New York, which is expected to expand 30 percent in the next decade.
From maple syrup to apple cider to goat's milk soap, New York farms are growing sales in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension and Taste NY stores across the state.
Cornell on the Commons, formerly known as the College and Community Expo, is seeking university-affiliated departments and outreach offices that want to showcase their programs and services to undergraduate students and the greater Ithaca community. The annual event will be Saturday, Aug. 30, from 1 to 4 p.m. on the Ithaca Commons. Cornell on the Commons is a featured event in the university's Welcome Weekend program, and attendance of more than 1,000 students and community members is expected. In addition to three stages of entertainment and other events, there will be a repeat of last year's highly successful "Iron Chef" competition between a Cornell and a community chef. (August 12, 2003)
The School of Hotel Administration and the Sloan Program in Health Administration have a collaboration with Health Care REIT Inc. The company will sponsor a two-credit senior living course this fall. (Sept. 14, 2011)
Asian studies professor Ding Xiang Warner wrestles with a thousand-year-old mystery in her new book, "Transmitting Authority: Wang Tong and the Zhongshuo in Medieval China’s Manuscript Culture."
The Ag Quad now features a giant sod sofa - thanks to the efforts of two dozen Art of Horticulture students and their instructor, Marcia Eames-Sheavly. (Sept. 9, 2010)
Native American students at Cornell (NASAC) are hosting a powwow Sunday, April 11, that will feature Iroquois dancers from across the state, nationally known singer Joanne Shenandoah.
Cornell's innovative Silo House earned a seventh-place finish in the biennial Solar Decathlon competition, held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Oct. 16, 2009)