Stephen Paletta '87, winner of the reality TV show 'Oprah's Big Give' in April 2008, is helping to organize a service-learning trip to Rwanda for eight Cornell students starting June 4. (May 19, 2009)
Robert B. Kerr, an astronomer and atmospheric scientist, has been named director of Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. He will assume his new post Feb. 26. (Feb. 6, 2007)
Mary Jo Dudley, director of the Cornell Farmworker Program, was honored by the White House as a Cesar Chavez 'Champion of Change' March 29. (March 30, 2012)
A team of students and faculty visited Nepal over winter break as part of a plan to help develop an international component of Cornell Outdoor Education and to promote ecotourism in Nepal. (March 8, 2010)
Sportscaster, writer, news anchor, political commentator and Cornell alumnus Keith Olbermann '79 visited campus March 27-30, meeting with students and giving a public talk in Bailey Hall. (March 30, 2011)
A yearlong series at the Africana Studies and Research Center will explore freedom, citizenship and democracy with panels and guest speakers. The next events are Oct. 15 and Oct. 25. (Oct. 11, 2012)