The music of George Gershwin and the words of George Bernard Shaw are just some of the pleasures awaiting the more than 5,500 alumni and guests expected to visit Cornell on Reunion Weekend, June 5-8.
Thousands gathered in Barton Hall Monday to mark Cornell University's 150th birthday and its impact on higher education, New York state and around the world.
With more campus consultation ahead, three groups of distinguished faculty members have been working since early this year to develop action plans addressing three challenges offering opportunities for Cornell to establish leadership.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Three Cornell University students were honored recently for their community-service efforts. The Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Awards were presented on Friday, April 25, to sophomore Jamila Cutliff, junior Hilary Himes and senior Debbie Warren. The award was established by alumni Gerald Robinson '54 and Margot Robinson '55, and Robert Appel '53 and Helen Appel '55. It was created to recognize and honor students who have had significant involvement in community service by providing support for their projects which address a community's social needs or problems. Three students are selected, and each receives $1,500 to further a community-service project that he or she has initiated and proposed.
Alice Hanson Cook, a professor emeritus at the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations and one of the first scholars to study the plight of working women, died Feb. 7 at her home in Ithaca, N.Y.
Faculty members gave undergraduates some concrete advice on the many practical uses for an English degree at a recent panel discussion organized by the student-run English Club. (April 24, 2008)
Walter LaFeber's latest book was intended for use in the lecture hall. But 'Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism' (Norton, $22.95) has proven to be compelling grist for a much wider audience.
The Cornell-McGill Conference on Institutions and Entrepreneurship, July 22-24 at the Johnson School at Cornell, was the first academic gathering to examine how entrepreneurs are influenced by institutional challenges. (Aug. 16, 2007)
The National Science Foundation announced Jan. 19 the formation of the Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems, a partnership among New York University, Cornell University, Polytechnic University of New York and the University of Southern California. In forming the institute, the NSF is providing a five-year, $5 million grant to fund the effort.