As of Oct. 18, giving to the Cornell United Way campaign had reached more than $215,000, or nearly 29 percent of the goal of raising $750,000 by the time the campaign ends, Nov. 30.
David I. Grossvogel, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Comparative Literature and Romance Studies Emeritus and founder of the influential literary journal Diacritics, died June 14 at age 94. He taught at Cornell from 1960 to 2000.
The Leading Cornell program has been renamed in honor of ILR Professor Samuel B. Bacharach, who has led the course’s design and facilitation since its inception in the fall of 2009.
Laura Lewis, a former Cornell staff member who soon will serve on the Common Council for the City of Ithaca’s Fifth Ward, will open the 2018 Soup & Hope biweekly series of personal narratives Jan. 18, noon to 1 p.m., in Sage Chapel.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County will hold its 2017 annual meeting and local foods breakfast Dec. 5 from 8 to 10 a.m. at The Space @ GreenStar, 700 West Buffalo St. in Ithaca. The public is invited.
“Arts Unplugged,” sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, will kick off April 26 with “The Odyssey in Ithaca,” a community reading of a new translation of Homer’s “Odyssey.”
About 2,000 Cornell employees, retirees and their families enjoyed football and annual barbeque chicken and pasta at the fall Employee Celebration Oct. 6.
The Sustainable Cornell Council, announced Sept. 9, will direct and coordinate Cornell’s role as an international leader in addressing climate change and promoting sustainability. It replaces two previous sustainability groups.
Four faculty members have received Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards, which recognize contributions of professorial faculty and senior lecturers to undergraduate advising.