At the 63rd annual Service Recognition Dinner June 5, Cornell President Martha E. Pollack and Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Mary Opperman paid tribute to 250 staff members who began working at Cornell 25, 30, 35, 40 or more years ago.
Citing its people, natural and built environment and opportunities that make Cornell memorable, President David Skorton called upon Reunion participants to tackle the world's difficult challenges in his State of the University Address, June 7.
Running for the position of dean of the university faculty are Joseph Burns, engineering and astronomy, and Risa Lieberwitz, labor and employment law. Voting closes March 30. (March 19, 2012)
Melanie Gowen, a senior interior design student in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, has won a statewide competition for her essay 'To Make a Difference By Design.' (May 11, 2009)
The 2009 Cornell United Way Campaign was launched Sept. 17 with the 2009 Stephen E. Garner Day of Caring, which gathered more than 10,000 pounds of food and personal-care items. (Sept. 24, 2009)
To address inequality and the environmental crisis facing the world today people should pull together rather than compete against each other for individual gain, two faculty members urged in a Feb. 28 lecture.
World-renowned veterinarian Robert W. Kirk, DVM '46, author of the well-known text 'Current Veterinary Therapy,' died Jan. 19 in Ithaca. (Jan. 24, 2011)
Events this week include a reading by emeritus professor James McConkey, an exhibition on the Arctic and climate change, a critical dissection of values in the movies and a Cornell Glee Club concert.