Marla Coppolino, a staff member of the Cornell Center for Technology Enterprise and Commercialization, also is a snail wrangler, biological illustrator, Nigerian dwarf goat breeder, snail educator and entrepreneur, and a researcher.
Volunteers are needed for Slope Day May 6, for both 4- and 2-hour shifts. Those wanting to volunteer need supervisory approval and must submit an application. (April 13, 2011)
Harry W. Evans, a maintenance mechanic and material handler at Cornell for 30 years who was president of the local union (UAW Local 2300), died Aug. 14 in Interlaken, N.Y. He was 60 years old. (Aug. 17, 2010)
L. Sanford Reis '29, whose gifts to the university included the Reis Tennis Center and the main stage of the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, died June 27 at age 101 in Sarasota, Fla. (July 16, 2009)
Roderick K. Clayton, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor Emeritus in the Department of Plant Biology, died Oct. 23. An expert on photosynthesis, he was 89. (Nov. 15, 2011)
Jessica Ye '12 and Sophia Porrino '11 have received 2010 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, which cover tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to $7,500 per year. (April 8, 2010)
Cornell has been included in a top 25 list of universities with the most students studying abroad; Cornell leaders are looking at even higher goals to improve the rate of students studying internationally.
Randall Meyer '12 and Rachel Perlman '12, both in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, have received 2011 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships. (April 7, 2011)