Cornell departments will no longer need to purchase Microsoft Office or its upgrades. The university has enrolled in the Microsoft Campus Agreement Program, which will make the software available to all faculty and staff. (April 8, 2008)
New, incoming students will be welcomed to Cornell with a week of activities, events, trips and speakers, tailored just for them. Approximately 3,300 freshman, 500 transfer students and 1,500 new graduate and professional students will flock to campus.
A devoted alumnus and supporter of the Cornell faculty, Tisch has been named co-chair of Cornell's comprehensive campaign as it continues through the university's sesquicentennial in 2015. (June 10, 2011)
Scholars and civic leaders pondered how to address the challenges prompted by upstate New York's changing population at the State of Upstate New York Conference in Syracuse, N.Y., June 8. (June 10, 2011)
Pet a lamb, milk a cow and see how animal scientists care for a variety of farm animals at the open house at Cornell University's Animal Science Teaching and Research Center in Dryden on Saturday, Oct. 3. This free open house will feature tours of the center.
Peter Adamson, professor of ancient and medieval philosophy at King's College London, said Muslims saved civilization by translating and studying Greek texts.
The new health care reform law will prompt some changes in Cornell's health plans: Most notably, any child up to age 26 may be covered under a parent's health plan, effective January 2011. (April 15, 2010)
New research offers a clue into the underlying causes of atherosclerosis in terms of how the cells that line the blood vessels, called endothelial cells, behave as the vessels stiffen with age. (Dec. 7, 2011)
Cornell's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Resource Office will host a town meeting on Thursday, April 11, at 6 p.m. featuring an address by President Hunter Rawlings