With great expectations Cornell will officially enter "the Skorton era" on Sept. 7. In a lively and colorful ceremony on the Arts Quad, David J. Skorton will be inaugurated as Cornell's 12th president.
The historic day's events…
Tuition for Cornell's Graduate School will drop by 10.1 percent next year for students in research-degree programs affiliated with the endowed colleges, and it will fall by about another 30 percent over the next three years, Dean Alison G. Power has announced. (Jan. 31, 2008)
Weill Cornell has partnered with the Touch Foundation and Sanford Weill to train doctors in Tanzania in an effort to alleviate the health-care crisis gripping that country. (Jan. 25, 2008)
For 18 Cornell students who were spending Jan. 4 to 20 in Honduras working on water plants in small villages, it was perhaps the sweetest moment of all witnessing the ceremonial handover of a completed project. (Jan. 23, 2008)
The final report by the Middle States reaccreditation team, issued in late June, was glowing in its praise for Cornell University as "a truly special place."
This is one student takeover that administrators don't mind. Students in the Cornell School of Hotel Administration will be given the keys to Cornell's Statler Hotel this weekend to operate the 150-room property on their own from April 19-21.
This is one student takeover that administrators don't mind. Students in the Cornell School of Hotel Administration will be given the keys to Cornell's Statler Hotel this weekend to operate the 150-room property on their own from April 19-21.
Professor Ross Brann expresses disappointment with the lack of engagement new students showed in discussing 'Lincoln at Gettysburg' and with faculty participation in helping students choose courses. (Sept. 4, 2008)