The Truman Capote Trust has awarded the Cornell English department a $30,000 Truman Capote Lectureship in Creative Writing grant for a graduate student.
Part online directory, part social network, CornellConnect is a way for Cornellians to connect with the university and with each other. (Sept. 16, 2010)
Homecoming features a student parade, Cornell vs. Yale football, an a cappella concert by 13 student groups, and a concert by the Cornell Glee Club. (Sept. 16, 2010)
Anu Lingala '13 has prepped for prep. Her paper on the history of preppy style was accepted by a professional organization for their national conference.
Robert D. Miller, professor emeritus of soil science and former dean of the faculty at Cornell, died April 11 in Ithaca at the age of 91. (April 18, 2011)
Jerome Ziegler, former dean of the College of Human Ecology and a leading expert on urban education, higher education and intergovernmental relations, died May 3 at age 88.
The Cornell Elves, a program that started with holiday giving but now has extended to supporting area schoolchildren when school starts, gave out a record number of backpacks this year: 449. (Sept. 13, 2010)
Roald Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel laureate in chemistry and the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor Emeritus of Humane Letters at Cornell, has received the 2009 Public Service Award from the National Science Board. (May 14, 2009)