Editors' picks for events the week of Sept. 26 range from a webinar on Social Security reform to a homecoming concert by the Glee Club to a talk by retired career diplomat John McDonald on the Georgia-Russia crisis. (Sept. 25, 2008)
Wynton Marsalis and his orchestra not only gave a benefit concert Sept. 30, but four of the musicians mentored Cornell and Ithaca High School students, thanks to Robert Appel '53 and Helen Appel '55. (Oct. 1, 2010)
Poets Amiri Baraka and Sonia Sanchez gave a joint reading April 1 in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium with words infused with passion and the rhythms of jazz music. (April 2, 2010)
A branch of the Cornell Store has opened at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, offering Cornell-themed apparel and gift items, academic supplies and services to assist faculty and staff with sourcing computer hardware and accessories.
Making a stride toward reducing carbon emission, Cornell has agreed to purchase all electricity generated by the proposed Black Oak Wind Farm in Enfield, New York, a project which is pending municipal approvals.
New York ranks No. 2 in attracting international students, and Cornell is part of the reason: It was ranked No. 25 in the nation for hosting foreign students, says the Open Doors Report for 2011. (Dec. 6, 2011)
Class of '37 alumna Beatrice Moore Stump bequeaths $6.5 million to the College of Arts and Sciences for undergraduate scholarship aid and unrestricted endowment. (Oct. 19, 2007)