Events on campus this week include Darwin Days panels and lectures, Oscar-nominated short films, poetry from Ishion Hutchinson and a faculty forum on the future of research libraries.
Temple Grandin a renowned animal scientist and a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor at Cornell, has autism. As a result, she learned to think in pictures, which has strong parallels, she believes, to how animals think, she said in a public lecture Feb. 15, 2006 at Cornell. (February 21, 2006)
This year, 32 graduating seniors have been honored as Merrill Presidential scholars; they, in turn, honored a high school teacher and a Cornell instructor, May 23.
The Cornell Board of Trustees will meet in Ithaca on Friday, May 22, and Saturday, May 23. The open session will include a discussion of the 1999-2000 operating and capital budget plans for the statutory colleges.
Cornell will host an Indian delegation of senior government officials and private sector representatives May 16-18 as part of an exchange of agricultural information and technology.
Almost half the participating Graduate School and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences graduate fields were included within the top 10 range of rankings in a National Research Council survey.
Two undergraduates have won Udall Scholarship. They are Shoshannah Lenski, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Lena Samsonenko, a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Erlichman is founder and president of Sunlight Electric, a San Francisco company that designs and sells solar power systems to California businesses. (Aug. 12, 2008)
The president and provost have outlined a process of engagement aimed to garner input from faculty, students, staff and alumni in shaping the new integrated College of Business. A host of committees have been established, and input is being sought through open forums, a series of alumni events and online feedback.