News
Archived Stories
Arts College Task Force Report Suggests Changes to Class, Dept Size
November 19th, 2009The Arts and Sciences Reimagining Cornell Task Force Report, released on Nov. 6, outlined potential plans that could alleviate the college’s financial burdens as well as improve the quality and efficiency of its teaching and research. “Last winter there were too many questions. Now there are clearer things to work on,” Dean Peter Lepage said. Read More
CUPD, IPD to Jointly Patrol in Response to Recent Crimes
November 19th, 2009The Cornell University Police Department and Ithaca Police Department will start jointly patrolling campus, Collegetown and other nearby areas, the University announced yesterday. The joint patrols — usually reserved for large events like Orientation Week, Slope Day and Senior Week — are a response to a rash of crimes reported near Cornell’s campus. Read More
Forum Addresses Consequences of Potential Increase in Enrollment
November 19th, 2009At the first in a series of six public forums that address selected strategic planning task force reports, the co-chairs of the student enrollment task force presented their findings yesterday and discussed with the audience how Cornell could host the additional hundreds of students should the University decide to increase enrollment to alleviate its strained budget. Read More
Panel Honors ‘Father of Modern Anthropology’
November 19th, 2009Claude Lévi-Strauss, often referred to as “the father of modern anthropology,” was renowned in life for his unifying theories and sociological bridging between tribal and “civilized” cultures. The French anthropologist, who died on Oct. 30 at the age of 100, was honored in a panel discussion of his life’s work yesterday in the Kroch Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. Read More
Cornell Prof Helps Protect Native American Burial Ground
November 19th, 2009Local farmland alleged to be a Native American burial ground was partially bulldozed to make way for a manure storage tank, but work in the area has been halted thanks in part to the work of a Cornell professor. Read More
Williams ’10 Vacates V.P. Post
November 18th, 2009Olamide Williams ’10 told The Sun yesterday that he would be stepping down from his position as executive vice president of the Student Assembly. The decision is a result of a breach of S.A. charter, which mandates that the vice president should not miss more than three meetings consecutively, and that six missed meetings in total result in a removal from office. Read More
Goldman Sachs Taps Skorton To Serve on Advisory Council
November 18th, 2009President David Skorton will join Former Secretary of Education Margaret Spelling and Dean Thomas S. Robertson of University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, on the advisory council for the initiative 10,000 Small Businesses. Read More
Vonnegut ’44 Lives on Through New Release
November 18th, 2009Monday’s release of Vladimir Nabakov’s The Original Laura has generated considerable fanfare, in large part because the famed writer expressly requested in his will that the works be destroyed. Meanwhile, the posthumous publication of another famous former Cornellian has gone largely unnoticed, despite some highly favorable reviews. Read More
Univ. Helps Spouses of New Recruits Find Employment
November 18th, 2009As the economic downturn has forced some colleges to cut jobs, Cornell has used these tough times to concentrate its recruiting agenda. The Dual Career Program, a service created eight years ago in Cornell’s Recruitment and Employment Center, has proved a key recruitment tool, offering job-search assistance and career counseling to the spouses and partners of University employees. Read More
Longboarding Reaches East Coast
November 18th, 2009Nata Saslafski ’12 transferred to Cornell from Miami Dade College. Upon his arrival, Saslafski immediately fell in love with the slopes around Ithaca. “Florida is all parking garages,” he said. “Now that I’m out here on hills, it’s a dreamland.” Read More