After a storied career at Cornell that included nearly 40 years as a professor of policy analysis and management, Prof. Emeritus Jennifer Gerner, policy analysis and management, died suddenly on Oct. 4 at the age of 64.

Benzion Netanyahu — father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, controversial historian, and former chair of what is now Cornell’s Department of Near Eastern Studies — died Monday at the age of 102.

When signing up for meal plans freshman year, many students wonder why they enter dining halls and leave with the dreaded freshman 15. Prof. David Levitsky, psychology and nutritional sciences, says that the availability of a greater variety of foods is linked to eating more and thus, weight gain.