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University Releases Reports From Academic Task Forces
November 6th, 2009The University is making public the 20 reports from the tasks forces that have recommended ways on how to restructure Cornell’s academic operations to cut costs, Provost Kent Fuchs will announce today. Read More
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S.A. Votes to Reinstate Ken Glover at Ujamaa
November 6th, 2009From Vice President Olamide Williams’s ’10 State of the Multicultural Community address to a lengthy debate over Campus Life’s decision to reassign Ujamaa Residential Housing Director Ken Glover, Cornell’s multiculturalism became the focus of yesterday’s S.A. meeting. As a preface to a resolution overturning Campus Life’s decision, Williams provided an address on Cornell’s multicultural community. Read More
Alumni Gifts Increase Despite Poor Economy
November 6th, 2009It seems logical for people to donate less when their wallets are tight. Phillip Lyons, a high school economics teacher in Palo Alto, Calif., has been donating $100 to his alma master, UCLA, every year since graduation. However, things became different after the recession hit. “I haven’t given since the [economic] downturn,” Lyons said. “But in all honesty, I think it’s psychological. I still have a job and the same income but I feel less well off so I haven’t given.” Read More
Big Red Sign Finds Home in Ohio Museum
November 6th, 2009The Johnny’s Big Red Grill sign will not be illuminating Dryden Road in the near future. Last week, the sign traveled to its new home in the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, where sign enthusiasts and nostalgic Cornell alumni will be able to visit it after a lengthy restoration process. Read More
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Kathy Zoner Tapped As Permanent Chief of CUPD
November 5th, 2009Kathy Zoner was sworn in yesterday as the chief of the Cornell University Police Department, becoming the first woman to hold the position since its inception. Zoner, who had served as the interim chief since May 20, was sworn in by retiring chief Curtis S. Ostrander at an impromptu ceremony at the Crash Fire Rescue building at the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport. Read More
City of Ithaca Common Council Passes 2010 Budget
November 5th, 2009In the face of a $2.5 million budget shortfall, the Common Council passed a $58,431,727 budget for 2010 yesterday. Read More
Synchrotron Operators Take Stock of Old Equipment, Begin Replacements
November 5th, 2009Operators at the Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory are evaluating and replacing the old equipment that led to two small fires in the synchrotron’s main tunnel earlier this semester. The fires occurred in two small power supplies that provide energy for the synchrotron’s vacuum pumps. The damage done was minimal and localized, but it called attention to the aging machinery still used in parts of the synchrotron. The fires also brought up safety concerns about the accessibility of the tunnel in the event of an emergency. Read More
Cornell Mock Trial Team Earns Fourth Spot in National Ranking
November 5th, 2009With consistently stellar performances at regional competitions over the past three years, the University’s Mock Trial Organization was ranked 4th in the nation by the American Mock Trial Association. Read More
Risley Installs New Lampposts; Former AAP Student Began Project
November 5th, 2009Risley Hall recently shed some light on a piece of its historic architecture — literally. In September, lampposts were installed on the four gates the residential college, a project that was initiated by one of Cornell’s student architects. It all started in 2006, when Joe DeSense ’09, then architecture student and Risley resident, came across several old photos of Risley from 1913, dug up by a friend who had been writing a paper on the history of Risley. “I noticed these brick lampposts, two in each driveway leading up to the building, and thought, ‘Why did they get rid of something so nice?’” DeSense said. DeSense eventually proposed his idea of restoring the lampposts to Elaine Bushey, Risley’s residence hall director, who responded favorably. Read More
To Cut Costs, Library Unloads 95,000 Volume Duplicative Collection
November 4th, 2009In the wake of substantial budget cuts for Cornell’s libraries, the University signed a deal this past weekend to sell a 95,000 volume duplicative collection in Uris Library to Tsinghua University in Beijing, according to Anne Kenney, University librarian for the Carl A. Kroch Library. Read More