Randall Robinson, African-American author and internationally respected advocate for human rights and democracy, will deliver a public talk Friday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. in the David Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall.
Every person's odyssey to sexual awareness is different. But for a gay, lesbian, transgendered or bisexual teen-ager, disclosing his or her sexual preferences to parents is a particularly difficult milestone.
Cornell's Albert R. Mann Library has unveiled a web site devoted to rare, historically significant books on agriculture. Not merely citations, the books can be read in full online.
Biddy Martin leaves a legacy of academic achievement at Cornell. Chronicle writer Daniel Aloi interviewed her earlier this month about her Cornell years and her new job as chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Aug. 26, 2008)
The Faculty Fellows In Service Program, sponsored by the Cornell Public Service Center and Cornell Vice President for Student and Academic Services Susan Murphy, has awarded financial support to five faculty and community teams to write papers on new initiatives in service learning.
For nearly nine years Cornell University researcher Christopher Clark has been listening to whale songs and calls in the North Atlantic using the navy's antisubmarine listening system.
Cornell University President Hunter Rawlings announced the appointment of the President's Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs, an initiative aimed at improving the overall campus environment by reducing the harm associated with the misuse of alcohol and other drugs.
Ruth Chinitz Uris, a Presidential Councillor and longtime benefactor of Cornell, died March 19 at her home in New York City. Through her husband, the late philanthropist and builder Harold D. Uris (Cornell Class of 1925), Ruth Uris became an active and generous supporter of Cornell and its Medical College.