Bruce Levitt delivered the Engaged Scholar Prize lecture Oct. 28 about his time with the Phoenix Players Theatre Group and his corresponding documentary, "Human Again."
Phi Mu fraternity, a women’s organization centered on character building, leadership development and community service, will open a Cornell chapter in fall 2014.
Cornell is among more than 80 schools to join the Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success, a new initiative to improve the college application and admissions process for all students.
Cornell University’s Graduate School has won the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools/Educational Testing Service Award for Innovation and Excellence in Graduate Education.
Austin Bunn, assistant professor in performing and media arts, has written a short story collection, "The Brink," that deals with "world-shattering" changes.
Provost Kent Fuchs has appointed Professor Jon Kleinberg ’93 interim dean of the Faculty of Computing and Information Science through December 2015, while Dean Haym Hirsh takes a personal leave.
Dorothy Cotton worked side by side with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to empower African-Americans to exercise their civil rights. She died June 10 at her residence in Kendal at Ithaca.
Roger Moseley's new book, "Keys to Play: Music as a Ludic Medium from Apollo to Nintendo," considers the playing of keyboards as a primary mode of musical behavior.
Bruce Wallace, professor emeritus of genetics, died Jan. 12 in Blacksburg, Virginia, at the age of 94 from a stroke-related illness. Wallace taught at Cornell from 1958 to 1981.