A group of Muslim alumni have formed the Diwan Foundation, an initiative to enhance the quality of Muslim life on campus. Their first project is to establish and fund a Muslim chaplaincy. (Feb. 17, 2011)
Ujamaa Residential College celebrates its 40th anniversary on campus with events including a banquet Sept. 22 with students, alumni and past and present faculty fellows and residence hall directors. (Sept. 20, 2012)
Assistant professor of architecture Jenny Sabin has designed a pavilion for Nike in New York City using photo-luminescent, solar-active and reflective threads, inspired by the company's new footwear. (Sept. 20, 2012)
An interview English professor Satya Mohanty gave to the South Asian Review has created an explosive reaction and a new organization, the Global South Cultural Dialogue Project. (Sept. 20, 2012)
The student group, which sends students on service-learning trips to Nicaragua and encourages them to become global citizens, has won Cornell’s most distinguished diversity prize.
Cornell has exceeded its largest campaign goal ever - $790,000, presenting a check for $792,637 to James Brown, president of the United Way of Tompkins County, at the men's basketball game Feb. 12. (Feb. 15, 2011)
Events on campus include South Asian dance at Pao Bhangra, a memorial concert for Steven Stucky, writer Denis Johnson, student art exhibitions and the annual Earth Day Springfest.
Barbara Baird, John Guckenheimer, Carol Krumhansl and Peter Lepage join 186 other new fellows from the United States and 22 foreign honorary members this year. (May 1, 2008)
Natural resources major Apollonya Porcelli '10 spoke on violence against nature and the social and economic structures that can prevent it, from grassroots to governmental levels. (Feb. 11, 2009)