Cornell computer science students are using computer games to attract public school students to computer science with a free after-school course in game-making. (March 4, 2009)
Cornell's Student Assembly has announced the results of the 2007 election to choose a new slate of representatives, as well as the vote on three referendums. (March 15, 2007)
A large-scale renovation of the library has been put on hold, but a smaller project is expected to include upgrading Olin's smoke detectors and fire alarms, and installing a sprinkler system. (Aug. 27, 2009)
A Ford Foundation grant of $195,000 to Cornell University's Africana Studies and Research Center will support the second phase of "Africa in Venice," a project under the direction of Professor Salah Hassan.
A partnership between the library, CIT and the Lab of Ornithology seeks to save information across Cornell that is stored on orphaned media and in danger of decay and loss.
Co-founders of El Puente, the Brooklyn-based school and community youth development organization that nurtures holistic leadership for peace and social justice, will speak on "Education for Social Justice: El Puente," Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Goldwin Smith Hall Auditorium D on the Cornell University campus. The program, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Iscol Family Program for Leadership Development in Public Service, an interdisciplinary program in Cornell's College of Human Ecology. The program is designed to inspire undergraduate students to become leaders in public service who will address the intractable problems that face society, such as hunger, poverty, ignorance, homelessness and violence. (September 19, 2002)