The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program, now with Gannett Health Services, provides consultation and referral services to all Cornell faculty, staff, postdocs, visiting scholars and retirees. (Aug. 25, 2011)
A new course and outreach programs will foster conversations about bridging difference and address concerns raised after a bias-related incident last May. (Aug. 16, 2012)
Events on campus include a Chinese fashion exhibit, a Phi Beta Kappa talk by Kenneth McClane, a Beethoven concert, a lecture on natural medicines of ancient Greece, and 'Ideas for a Better World.'
A new initiative on Sustainability Via the Humanities and Arts will foster new collaborations between scientists and humanists, working on climate change, energy and other research areas. (Feb. 3, 2011)
In an interview April 26, Hunter R. Rawlings III, Cornell president emeritus and professor emeritus of classics, discussed "pinch-hitting" as interim president and some of the challenges ahead for Cornell and higher education.
Marcia Stofman Morton '61 has announced she will leave a $1 million bequest to Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; most of it will benefit agricultural sciences. (Feb. 20, 2012)
W. Frank Shipe, professor emeritus of food science at Cornell and a pioneer in testing milk for its flavor over time, died May 20 at the Alterra Sterling House in Ithaca. He was 88. (June 3, 2008)
Twenty-seven students from Brazil have arrived on campus for a year of study in engineering, life sciences, film and other fields, as part of an initiative funded by the Brazilian government.
In his new role, effective July 1 through 2015, Ronald Seeber will be responsible for the social science infrastructure units, which support social scientists across all the colleges.