The Cornell Board of Trustees will meet in Ithaca, March 10-12. The full board will have a brief open session beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, March 12, in B09 Sage Hall on the Cornell campus.
Rosemary Stasek '85, founder of a nonprofit that helps Afghan women, focused on activism as the keynote speaker March 8 at a campus celebration for International Women's Day. (March 10, 2009)
Cornell fiber scientist Kay Obendorf was honored by a professional organization for her lifetime achievements, which include insights into the surface chemistry of fibers and their performance. (May 24, 2010)
The Oracle Calendar service used by faculty, staff and many graduate students will be replaced by a Microsoft Exchange system over the weekend beginning June 4. (May 20, 2010)
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)
Events on campus this week include animator Lewis Klahr, African musician Tony Bird, 'The Vagina Monologues' at Bailey Hall and Pancho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band in the Cornell Concert Series.
President David Skorton thanked employees for 'staying the course' and continuing to accomplish goals despite a smaller workforce in his annual talk sponsored by the Employee Assembly. (Oct. 13, 2009)
Susanne Bruyère, director of the Employment and Disability Institute in Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations extension division, has been named associate dean for outreach at the ILR School.
Cornell will host an open house on Oct. 15 on campus for prospective freshman students at two of its New York state contract colleges - the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR.)