Through DCAPS, the Cornell Library is extending its expertise in creating, managing and archiving digital content to support faculty in a wide range of e-scholarship initiatives.
Events this summer include a Fuertes Observatory viewing of the passing of Venus between the sun and the Earth, a six-week Latin dance series, and the 'Collecting Imagination' lecture and exhibition. (May 31, 2012)
After 14 people were killed at a Binghamton immigration center, where many people don't speak English as their first language, Cornell students helped out for months, translating in 40 languages. (May 22, 2009)
The George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for the 1997-8 season has been awarded to Alisa Solomon. Solomon is a staff writer at the 'Village Voice', where she writes theater criticism as well as news features on a wide range of political and cultural subjects.
Cornell University's Food Industry Management Distance Education Program has announced a new computer-based training program for retail food store managers and associates. The CD-ROM program, which explores the topic "Personal Hygiene," is the first of four programs planned on fundamental topics in food safety and sanitation.
Cornell is the best place in the nation to work for people over age 50, according to AARP, because of its commitment to staff and faculty, more than 40 percent of whom are age 50 or older. (Sept. 23, 2008)
Events on campus this week include physicist Robert Lang on origami; a recital with violinist Midori; a reading by poet Dana Gioia and a play at the Schwartz Center about pain and friendship.