Cornell has joined more than 560 institutions of higher education in signing a letter to President Donald Trump March 16 asking that he support noncitizen students who have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program status.
The Humanities Scholars Conference, May 10 at the A.D. White House, featured 28 undergraduate research and thesis presentations and laid groundwork for an interdisciplinary humanities scholars program.
Robotics Day at Duffield Hall was a day-long event this year, with two classes holding their semester-ending competitions, plus demonstration booths set up throughout the atrium.
Vice President Mary Opperman issued a message of condolence on the death of Angela Stedwell, a staff member in the College of Human Ecology, Jan. 26. Stedwell was struck by a TCAT bus Monday morning.
Cornell Information Technologies and the Payroll Office have identified an issue involving the misuse by an unauthorized third party of a few Cornell NetID passwords to commit financial fraud, according to Joanne DeStefano, executive vice president and chief financial officer.
A new Cornell study finds that diners whose menus listed calories ordered 3 percent fewer calories in their appetizer and entree courses, but their dessert and drink orders remained the same.
On Oct. 16, President David J. Skorton sent a letter to the CEO of VF Corp., severing the university’s business relationship with JanSport, citing deep concern over the ongoing issues surrounding worker and factory safety in Bangladesh.
Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of Berkeley Law at the University of California, Berkeley, will address the polarizing issue of free speech on campus at a public lecture Nov. 20, 6:30-8 p.m. at Statler Hall’s Alice Statler Auditorium.