Cornell President David Skorton urged the 700 health economists at the American Society of Health Economists conference on campus June 20-23 to promote health care reform. (June 24, 2010)
Kate Light, 2004 visiting writer in the Cornell University Department of English, will give a poetry reading Wednesday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium at 3330 Carol Tatkon Center on North Campus. The reading is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow. Light is the author of The Laws of Falling Bodies, winner of the 1997 Nicholas Roerich Prize from Story Line Press, Open Slowly (Zoo Press, 2003) and Oceanophony, a full-length concert collaboration with composer Bruce Adolphe. (March 5, 2004)
Cornell University will feature more than 600 exhibits on agricultural technology and products at this year's Empire Farm Days, Aug. 5-7, in Seneca Falls, N.Y. (July 25, 2008)
Associate professor and poet Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon and Emilie Stark-Menneg '06 presented a multimedia performance of film, poetry and music Feb. 3 that explored race and American identity. (Feb. 7, 2011)
The second in a series of perspectives articles on sexual violence prevention and response, this interview discusses the process of reporting and responding to a report of sexual assault.
Tickets are available for the Light in Winter Festival, Furthur at Barton Hall on Valentine's Day, and a Winter Employee Celebration Jan. 16. Also: Holiday hours and exhibitions at the Johnson Museum. (Dec. 17, 2009)
Three new North Campus faculty-in-residence – Sahara Byrne, Christopher Umbach and Maria Fernandez – have developed programs for first-year students in their residence halls designed to encourage students' intellectual engagement in their daily lives.
A company based on Cornell technology that specializes in sentiment and opinion analysis is the latest to earn investment support from the Johnson School's student-run venture fund, BR Ventures. (May 4, 2009)