Events this week feature four-hand piano scholar-performers, undergraduates' bird research on the Isles of Shoals, new documentaries at Cornell Cinema and interactive tours at the Johnson Museum.
Events this week include a computer game design showcase; Mayfest, Cornell's international chamber music festival; and painting classes at Plantations.
Cornell received three grants, one for $3.5 million, to collect data on the biology of the Great Lakes, information that continues long-term datasets and provides current measures for researchers, fishery managers and policy makers.
The Emergency Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Employees Fund has raised more than $13,000 from recent events to help staff members and faculty with emergency-related needs. (Oct. 27, 2011)
A $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health has established a new Center for Reproductive Genomics that will connect reproductive scientists across Cornell.
DesignTeach is a youth outreach program that introduces teenagers to the concepts and skills of landscape architecture. A first-year student discusses its influence on her.
The benefits open enrollment period for endowed staff and faculty is Nov. 1-30. New health plan rates, an enhanced dental plan, a new legal services plan and enrollment in either a medical or dependent care flexible spending account are available.
A course developed by Angela Gonzales, associate professor of development sociology, connects her 15 students with nonprofit organizations on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona, to work collaboratively on projects that address community needs.