Interim Provost Harry Katz has named anthropology professor Hirokazu Miyazaki director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, effective July 1.
Hector will be a member of the executive vice president's senior team, developing and monitoring university financial policy and overseeing a division of more than 150 employees. He will join Cornell Aug. 1.
Cellist Gerald Appleman presented one of the cellos he made to Cornell's Department of Music Sept. 2, in appreciation of Scott Tucker, director of choral music. (Sept. 7, 2010)
Events this week include the Cornell Maple Program Open House, President Pollack's first address to staff, a residency by musician Latif Bolat, and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" in Sage Chapel.
In March, students participating in the Cornell in Washington program teamed up with international students in Muscat, Oman, to find solutions to global health security.
Eminent historian Andrew Roberts will offer a course at Cornell this fall as the inaugural Merrill Visiting Professor in History. His lecture course will investigate the roles of 12 influential figures, including Napoleon, Stalin, Churchill and Thatcher.
Esme, Japanese Chin, received a rare and successful seven-hour open-heart surgery at Cornell’s Hospital for Animals, a procedure that required a team of surgeons flown in from Japan.
Cornell Dairy ice cream returns for retail sale this week following a $105 million renovation to Stocking Hall, home of the Department of Food Science.