'Posses' of 10 students each will study in the College of Arts and Sciences through the Posse Foundation, which brings exceptional urban students to colleges and offers essential support. (Sept. 17, 2012)
This spring, the last two of the original five West Campus house professor-deans - Jefferson Cowie and Shirley Samuels - will wind down their final semesters as their houses' intellectual leaders. (March 27, 2012)
John Hopcroft, the IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics, has been awarded the Harry M. Goode award of the IEEE Computer Society in recognition of his fundamental contributions to the study of algorithms and their applications in information processing. (November 29, 2005)
Events on campus this week include "The Last Waltz" and "Metropolitan" at Cornell Cinema; Indonesian art; original drama at the Schwartz Center, Pao Bhangra, and ESPN's Sarah Spain '02 and Kate Fagan.
As the new director of the Cornell Population Center, professor Dan Lichter is uniting Cornell scholars from across campus to apply demography to pressing social and political issues. (March 26, 2012)
HeiserFest, a symposium honoring Shoals Marine Lab's second director, J.B. Heiser, featured lectures by 16 colleagues whose careers he helped to shape. Presenters came from as far away as Australia. (Sept. 14, 2012)
Assistant professor of architecture Kevin B. Pratt, noted for his expertise in sustainable design and his enthusiasm and energy as a teacher and colleague, died Feb. 19 of natural causes. He was 43.
The Institute for the Social Sciences has announced the recipients of its biannual small grant award for interdisciplinary research and conference support. (Dec. 21, 2009)
Provost Kent Fuchs issued a university statement on revisions to the academic calendar. Changes will go into effect beginning in the spring semester of 2014.