Visiting campus May 21-24 to host workshops with Stony Brook University's Center for Communicating Science, Alda implored faculty members to skip the jargon and instead tell stories and make personal, emotional connections.
Consumer Credit Counseling Services offers free financial counseling by phone, in person at their offices, or in on-campus meetings and debt and bankruptcy help for a modest, sliding scale fee. (Dec. 3, 2009)
Barrett Keene, Ph.D. '13, is walking from Miami to San Francisco. En route, he will raise money and awareness for poor children and conduct dissertation research on teacher-leaders.
Robert M. Groves, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, will speak on 'U.S. Census: Measuring America' Feb. 18 at 1:30 p.m. in G10 Biotech. A reception will follow the talk. (Feb. 1, 2011)
On Feb. 3, leaders of the New York City tech campus initiative held an open forum to answer questions, provide updates and reiterate the transformative nature of the project for Cornell as a whole.
The new Human Neuroscience Institute aims to better understand how brain systems drive cognition and behavior, which could ultimately enable people to lead happier and more fulfilling lives.
Juniors Eowyn Connolly-Brown, Michael Grundler, Stephen Linderman and Aman Prasad have been named Barry M. Goldwater Scholars for 2009. They are among 278 scholars chosen from a field of 1,097 students nationwide. (April 2, 2009)
From Sage Hall March 26, President David Skorton hosted a webcast 'town hall meeting' with nine of the university's most active alumni in the first of what is expected to be many such conversations. (March 30, 2009)
Steven Ealick, Thomas Fox '71, Provost Kent Fuchs and Bruce Ganem are among the 503 fellows elected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2010.