The Ithaca Downtown Partnership, in conjunction with Cornell, Ithaca College and Tompkins-Cortland Community College, is sponsoring a new, annual event — College and Community Expo — on the Ithaca Commons this weekend.
Provost Kent Fuchs, Vice President for Student and Academic Services Susan Murphy and Dean of the University Faculty William Fry recently discussed initiatives to support student mental health.
Alumni share memories of the 1977 Grateful Dead concert in Barton Hall, a show that gave the venue iconic status among Deadheads who consider the show one of the best in the band's 30-year career.
Cornell Hillel's Board of Trustees has announced that the 2006 Tanner Prize will be awarded to Cornell alumni Abby Joseph Cohen '73 and her husband, David M. Cohen '73, for their significant contributions to the Jewish people and to Cornell. (February 21, 2006)
Events on campus this week include a film on a killer whale that kills; artist talks; a reading by visiting writer Cynthia Hogue and the last days of Cornell Library's Hip Hop Collection exhibition.
Pool tuition and create a fund for universitywide priorities, recommends a task force on the budget model, part of the Reimagining Cornell strategic planning process.
The assistant professor of computer science is one of five 2009 Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellows. His fellowship will support research into new ways to conduct auctions and anonymous online voting. (July 15, 2009)