A panel of faculty and administrators, including alumni, discussed the history of the Latino community at Cornell with students Sept. 5 at the Latino Living Center in Anna Comstock Hall.
Events on campus include films about the Voyager mission and The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper;” a musical version of Homer’s “Odyssey,” Science on Tap with Mason Peck on accessible space travel; and a talk on medieval images of the heavens with author and art historian Benjamin Anderson.
The Department of Ecology and Environmental Biology (EEB) will celebrate its 50th year – and the university’s 150th – with a Sesquicentennial Colloquium series in the fall and spring semesters.
Events this week include a Science Cabaret on synthetic biology; networking at the Johnson Museum; "Anarchy in the Archives" ending in Kroch Library; and a reading by MFA student writers.
Tommy Bruce, Cornell vice president for university communications, has been named to the Public Issues Committee of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education, through June 2011. (Aug. 13, 2008)
As the global importance for a low-carbon economy grows urgent, Cornell has posted its most aggressive carbon-reduction strategy to date: the Cornell Climate Action Plan Update and Roadmap 2014-15.
Hundreds of Cornell alumni and students at 37 sites across the country, as well as Thailand, participated Jan. 4-14 in the Public Service Center’s Cornell Cares Day.
A special benefits enrollment period, April 21-May 2, allows Cornell employees to enroll in long-term care insurance without needing to answer medical questions. Long-term care insurance covers specific long-term care costs either at home or in a facility.