New federal legislation deems breast pumps and other lactation supplies as medical care expenses, making them eligible for reimbursement through Select Benefits medical care accounts. (Feb. 23, 2011)
W. Keith Kennedy, provost emeritus, professor emeritus at Cornell and former dean of Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, died Feb. 18 at age 92. (Feb. 21, 2011)
Cornell has stepped up efforts to support faculty and staff who have been affected by the flooding this past week, including an additional two paid days off and emergency funding possibilities. (Sept. 14, 2011)
As part of the Finger Lakes Social Entrepreneurship Institute, the Center for Transformative Action hosted a discussion on the promise of social entrepreneurship Sept. 13. (Sept. 17, 2012)
While at the World Bank, Basu, professor of economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies, will be on temporary leave from his post at Cornell. (Sept. 17, 2012)
Events on campus include the Cornell Concerto Competition, Ithakid Film Festival at Cornell Cinema, a Spanish mass in Anabel Taylor Chapel, student films and exhibits ending at the Johnson Museum.
David Harris, professor of sociology and senior associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, reflected on his 15 months at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in a talk Sept. 9. (Sept. 13, 2011)
In his new book 'Arcadian America,' historian Aaron Sachs examines a lost American environmental tradition, in the cemeteries that served as the nation's first urban parks.