Richard Leed, professor of linguistics at Cornell for more than 50 years, died at his home in Ithaca Dec. 5 at age 82. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., Dec. 9, at Ithaca's Unitarian Church. (Dec. 7, 2011)
The sixth annual Cornell Town-Gown (TOGO) Awards ceremony was held Nov. 19 at Ithaca High School. The TOGO Awards celebrate the connections between Cornell University and local communities.
Dan Huttenlocher, founding dean and vice provost of Cornell Tech, talked to Ithaca area business leaders on May 3 regarding the state of the school's campus, under construction on Roosevelt Island.
James VanEe, director of information technology for the Institute for Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies, was elected co-chair of the Cornell Computing Directors for a two-year term. (Sept. 29, 2008)
Cornell gives its graduate students an edge in competing for NSF research fellowships, with resources including workshops and writing seminars. There are currently 249 fellowship recipients on campus.
At a March 22 workshop aimed to encourage grade-school girls to pursue science and technology, Girl Scouts decoded secret messages and investigated a scene to earn scouting detective badges, among other activities.
Harry Katz, the Kenneth F. Kahn Dean and the Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining, was reappointed dean of the ILR School by the Cornell Board of Trustees. His second term begins in 2010. (May 27, 2009)
When members from the Cornell Glee Club's 1966 tour of Southeast Asia joined current members on stage Sept. 19 at Bailey Hall, musical passion poured out - making it a Homecoming concert for the ages.