Summer Experience Grants by the College of Arts and Sciences' Career Development Center and the Student Assembly supported 24 students who were able to take unpaid internships in other cities.
Cornell President David J. Skorton will encourage Congress July 26 to revise immigration policies so more foreign experts can join the U.S. workforce. (July 25, 2011)
The Association of Graduates in Theatre (AGIT) acts as a forum for students to share their scholarly work and artistic processes with campus. Submissions for its fall 2015 Playfest are due April 17.
“Navigating the Affordable Care Act in New York” is set for Thursday, Dec. 5, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Tompkins Cortland Community College. Cornell Cooperation Extension will stream it live to their offices throughout the state.
“Cultural Evolution: Society, Technology, Language and Religion,” co-edited by Morten H. Christiansen, highlights the integrating role of cultural evolution across the social sciences and the humanities, similar to that of organic evolution in biology.
Science educator Verne N. Rockcastle, a member of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty since 1956, died April 5 in Ithaca; He was 95. A memorial service will be April 18 at Kendal.
Vinay Ambegaokar, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics Emeritus, has been awarded the 2015 John Bardeen Prize in recognition of his theoretical physics research.
Cornell’s 148th Commencement Weekend highlights include the Senior Convocation address by actor James Franco, Saturday, May 28, and the Commencement address by Cornell Provost Michael Kotlikoff, Sunday, May 29.
Faculty members M. Diane Burton and Gerard Aching have accepted appointments as Provost's Fellows for Public Engagement, serving the university's public engagement mission over the next three years.
Noliwe Rooks, associate professor of Africana studies, talked about the availability and quality of food, who gets it and where it's found in an April 10 campus talk.