Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource, a company that connects technology firms with an untapped labor market in developing countries, will deliver an Iscol talk Sept. 30.
Patricia Watson '83, senior associate vice president of alumni affairs and development, has been named senior vice president for university advancement at Brown University. She will begin the position Dec. 1. (Oct. 3, 2012)
Events on campus this week include a lecture on plant wisdom, heavy metal fashion, a Russian poet, films by Orson Welles and a panel on Latinos at Cornell.
Professor Gary W. Evans has been appointed to the Board on Children, Youth and Families of the National Academy of Sciences, which makes policy recommendations. (Feb. 24, 2009)
On the Cornell campus to film "Buddha, born in Nepal," a Nepalese director learns about the shortage of blondes and the plethora of snow; Cornellian "extras" learn the concerns of international students among them.
The expanded Family and Medical Leave Act rules allow up to 12 or 26 weeks of job-protected leave for employees who have increased personal responsibilities due to a family member in the military. (Sept. 19, 2008)
Michael Latham, professor emeritus and graduate professor of nutritional sciences, was the sole American at a large Asian conference where he gave the keynote address Nov. 19. (Dec. 4, 2009)
Events on campus this week include Cornell Library's Punkfest: "Anarchy in the Archives;" song cycles performed in Klarman Hall and the Johnson Museum; and a gathering of robotics enthusiasts.