Cynthia McKinney, who served as the first African-American woman from the state of Georgia to be elected to the U.S. Congress, will make two public appearances during her first visit to Cornell as a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 University Professor.
Students must think about ethics and data management because they will need to make decisions involving them in the workplace, says Assistant Professor Erica Wagner, who teaches Introduction to Information Systems.
Through a collection of alumni stories, the Consortium on Financing Higher Education looks at the ways universities serve the public. Renowned pediatrician Margaret Morgan Lawrence '36 is profiled in the piece.
Events on campus this week include a book talk with historian Mary Beth Norton, the Alloy Orchestra and silent films at Cornell Cinema, and plays at Risley Theatre and the Schwartz Center. (Nov. 3, 2011)
Hunter R. Rawlings III, president emeritus of Cornell and currently a professor in the university's Department of Classics, will become interim president of Cornell following President Jeffrey S. Lehman's departure June 30. Subject to approval by the Cornell Board of Trustees, Rawlings will serve until the university names a new president, said Peter Meinig, chairman of the board.
NEW YORK -- The symbiosis between Cornell's Ithaca and New York City campuses is never more apparent than in June. As quiet settles over the Ithaca campus and driving on East Avenue no longer is a white-knuckle affair, the "CU-NYC campus" is bursting at the seams with Cornell students participating in internships and cooperatives.
Events on campus this week include playwright Lauren Feldman '01 at the Schwartz Center, former Black Panther Charlotte O'Neal, talks on poetry and Vietnam, and the 36th Festival of Black Gospel.
A new, public open space is greatly needed to replace what was correctly described as an "eyesore" in the recent Cornell Chronicle article ("Bailey Hall pedestrian plaza plan draws praise and concern," Feb. 16). Driven by…