The Benefits Option Transfer Period will run until Dec. 31 for contract college employees to change health plans and enroll in Select Benefits for 2010. (Dec. 3, 2009)
Associate Professor Rick Geddes will examine the lessons that can be applied to the U.S. from Australia's use of private investment in financing transportation infrastructure, such as roads, bridges and tunnels. (April 13, 2009)
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Pedro Menchik, a Brazilian doctoral student in the field of food science at Cornell, offers suggestions to increase voter turnout in the United States.
Practicing Arabic in Cornell's Language House, students planned Spring Break research in an Arab Spring democracy - until terrorists attacked their destination.
Cornell sponsored Turkish academics Azat Gündoğan, a sociologist, and his wife, historian Nilay Ozok-Gündoğan, when they were threatened by their government.
Half-hour sessions of a new, guided mindfulness meditation series for students, faculty and staff are now offered at various times throughout the week in several locations across campus.
James Grieger of Environmental Health and Safety is serving on a technical advisory group to formulate positions on nanotechnologies for the International Organization for Standardization. (April 8, 2009)
A new reality television series focused on the lives of students at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine makes its debut Sept. 19 on National Geographic station.