On Cornell Giving Day March 14, some 8,640 donors gave 12,209 gifts for a total of $6,321,962, surpassing each of Cornell’s two previous Giving Day totals. Gifts came from more than 45 countries.
Daniel T. Lichter, the new Robert S. Harrison Director of the Institute for the Social Sciences and director of the Cornell Population Center, is motivated by the stories behind the data.
The University Courses initiative, which began in 2012, will offer 18 courses this year. The courses delve deeply into topics of interest to students from a broad range of majors.
Veteran hiker William 'Corky' Lowe says he owes his life to a group of Outdoor Odyssey students and guides from Cornell who helped rescue him in Vermont's Green Mountains last week.
Edwin “Todd” Cowen, professor in the College of Engineering, and Alex Travis, associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, become associate directors of the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future July 1.
Style Engineers, an NSF-funded program to engage girls with STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) topics, is being distributed to educators nationwide following successful testing.
Cornell's Vice President for University Communications Tommy Bruce issued a statement May 2, announcing that Michael Abbott stepped down from his position as Cornell's chief investment officer May 1. (May 4, 2011)
Professor of English and comparative literature Jonathan Culler will join 31 other scholars as a fellow at the National Humanities Center for the 2011-12 academic year. (May 3, 2011)
Humanist Geoffrey Harpham, the M.H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor, lectured on “The Pryvat Spyrit of America, from Dissent to Interpretation” Nov. 13.