Cornell Board of Trustees Chairman Robert S. Harrison ’76 and Executive Committee Chairman Jan Rock Zubrow ’77 discuss university priorities and challenges, leadership, student and alumni engagement, and the board's unique makeup.
Basil S. Markesinis, a former visiting faculty member in comparative law at Cornell Law School, is the matchmaker behind the gift of the Cornell Center for Documentation on American Law to the Cour de cassation. (July 17, 2007)
On Sept. 30 the board of trustees approved the appointment of Elizabeth Garrett, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Southern California, as Cornell’s next president. Garrett, who will be the first woman to lead the university, will assume the presidency July 1, 2015.
Serving in the Peace Corps is not only life-changing, but it also stands out on resumes, said five former Peace Corps volunteers, March 2 in a Barnes Hall. The event was part of Peace Corps Week. (March 4, 2010)
In a July 8 lecture at Cornell, Amy Dickinson said her background and her strong family network have given her the expertise she needs to write the syndicated advice column 'Ask Amy.' (July 9, 2009)
Two senior associate deans will guide the department as it expands its faculty, and as the African and African-American Studies graduate field defines a new Ph.D. program.
Cornell University President Elizabeth Garrett died March 6 from colon cancer. She was 52. "There are few words to express the enormity of this loss," said Robert S. Harrison, chairman of the Cornell Board of Trustees.
Members of the Cornell University chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) returned from the society's Eastern Technical Career Conference in Philadelphia Oct. 20-23 with an armload of prizes. (November 9, 2005)