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S.A. Holds Elections For New C.U. Leaders
October 2nd, 2005Freshmen and transfer students will be able to vote for their representatives in the Student Assembly elections today in a voting process that takes place over the next 48 hours. The S.A. has set up online elections for four of its spots, three for freshmen representatives and one for transfer students. There are 12 candidates for the freshmen spots and four for the transfer student spots. Read More
Lecture Links 'Technopreneurs'
September 28th, 2005Dr. David Weinstein, CEO of biotech company Gliamed, Inc. and Matthew McCooe, associate director of the Science and Technology Ventures office at Columbia University spoke about the process of starting new biotechnology companies yesterday evening. The lecture was delivered both to the Biotechnology building and to the Syracuse Technology Garden in Syracuse, N.Y. Read More
Cornell Students Travel to D.C. to Protest Iraq War
September 27th, 2005Nearly 160 Cornellians and Ithaca residents took a trip down to Washington, D.C. last Saturday to join hundreds of thousands of protesters demonstrating against the Iraq war. Some Cornell students did not return until yesterday after they were held in custody for demanding to see President George W. Bush. Read More
Achebe Visits C.U.
September 15th, 2005Chinua Achebe gave a reading of his famous book Things Fall Apart last night to a full-capacity crowd at Statler Auditorium. Achebe, 74, is currently the Charles P. Stevenson Jr. professor of languages and literature at Bard College. He addressed students, faculty and Ithaca residents on a broad range of topics, including Nigerian culture, languages and racism. Read More
C.U. Opens Arms to Tulane
September 1st, 2005Tulane University students and faculty will be offered spots at Cornell, announced interim President Hunter R. Rawlings yesterday, making the decision in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Earlier yesterday, Syracuse Chancellor Nancy Cantor announced that Syracuse University is offering 15 spots to Tulane students until their campus reopens. Read More
Mondy Pioneered Biochem
September 1st, 2005Prof. Emerita Nell I. Mondy Ph.D. ’53, nutritional sciences, passed away last Thursday due to complications from surgery at the Cayuga Medical Center. She was 83. Touted as a pioneering female biochemist and regarded as an international expert on potatoes, Mondy served on Cornell’s faculty for over 50 years. Read More
Prof Denies Human Free Will
August 29th, 2005In the midst of a heated national debate about intelligent design and evolution, Prof. William Provine, ecology and evolutionary biology, tackled the question head-on in a discussion attended by over 60 students, faculty and Ithacan community members last night. Read More
Moog Synthesizer Creator Dies
August 25th, 2005Robert Moog Ph.D. '65, father of the popular electronic synthesizer, passed away last Sunday at the age of 71. He suffered from an inoperable brain tumor, discovered in April. Read More
Land Grant Affairs Vice Provost Seeber Appointment
August 22nd, 2005Ronald Seeber, professor and associate dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), joined the Cornell University administration last Monday after he was appointed to be the Vice Provost of Land Grant Affairs. Seeber is the successor to former VP Francille Firebaugh, who retired from the position in late June. Read More
Freshman Class Profile
July 24th, 2005Soon, nearly 3,100 freshmen will move into their dorms on North Campus. With thousands of boxes and suitcases probably left to unpack, freshmen will begin their orientation week, their official welcome to Cornell University. Read More