Eric Cheyfitz, the Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters at Cornell, succeeded associate professor Jane Mt. Pleasant effective July 1. (July 25, 2008)
Barrett Keene, Ph.D. '13, is walking from Miami to San Francisco. En route, he will raise money and awareness for poor children and conduct dissertation research on teacher-leaders.
"The Pond Guidebook," a new Cornell Cooperative Extension booklet, is full of advice for pond owners in the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. (Oct. 9, 2007)
Robert M. Groves, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, will speak on 'U.S. Census: Measuring America' Feb. 18 at 1:30 p.m. in G10 Biotech. A reception will follow the talk. (Feb. 1, 2011)
The 20th annual Cornell Asian Alumni Association Banquet in New York City Jan. 22 raised funds for the Pan-Asian Garden at Cornell Plantations. (Feb. 1, 2011)
Juniors Eowyn Connolly-Brown, Michael Grundler, Stephen Linderman and Aman Prasad have been named Barry M. Goldwater Scholars for 2009. They are among 278 scholars chosen from a field of 1,097 students nationwide. (April 2, 2009)
From Sage Hall March 26, President David Skorton hosted a webcast 'town hall meeting' with nine of the university's most active alumni in the first of what is expected to be many such conversations. (March 30, 2009)
Engaged Cornell - a groundbreaking, $150 million, 10-year initiative to establish community engagement and real-world learning experiences as the hallmark of the Cornell undergraduate experience - was launched Oct. 6.
An Oct. 2-3 conference in New York City will build upon the Teagle Foundation report, 'Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in College Completion and Achievement: What Works and Why,' released in November 2006. (Sept. 25, 2007)