For this year's PossePlus Retreat, 65 people traveled to Painted Post, New York, to discuss the theme of "Us vs. Them: Division, Community and Identity in American Society."
Cornell hosted the Dual-Career Symposium Nov. 9, fostering a regional network to discuss how to leverage collective resources to better address the challenging issue of dual-career hiring. More than 40 participants attended.
Cornell had its highest number of applications in university history for freshman admission this year, with 44,966 applicants for the Class of 2020. Students were notified of their selection status March 31 at 5 p.m.
The deadline for completing the Cornell Employee Survey is Nov. 18. The survey, done at the request of the Employee Assembly, was announced by President David Skorton Oct. 24.
The Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility is celebrating its 40-year anniversary Thursday, Sept. 14, with a full day of presentations and panel discussions on campus.
"Our New View of Pluto," a presentation by two scientists on the New Horizons mission, is set for Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
David Archambault II, chairman of Standing Rock Sioux Nation, spoke on campus Feb. 16 as part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' Department of Natural Resources seminar series.
The 14th annual Diversity Update Conference, Nov. 12, will feature Cornell's diversity officers and both on- and off-campus experts in diversity concerns. (Nov. 1, 2012)
Dr. Rahul Sharma has been named emergency physician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and chief of the Division of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.