fall break
TCAT Offers Special Route Connecting Cornell and Farmers Market
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This Sunday, the TCAT will operate a one-day special route servicing Cornell’s campus and the Ithaca Farmers Market.
Cayuga Lake
Contaminants Found in Ithaca Drinking Water Point to Larger Environmental Problem
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While this is not an immediate health concern, contamination does point to a larger issue regarding how waste disposal impacts the environment, according to researchers Dr. Jose Luzano M.S.’88 Ph.D. ’91 and Prof. Susan Allen-Gil of Ithaca College.
education
Sociology Prof. Anna Haskins Awarded $350,000 to Research Educational Inequality
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Does where you are from affect how you learn? Does the social environment changes parents’ role in their children’s education? Cornell Prof. Anna Haskins, sociology, hopes to answer this question with her research.
GPSA
President Pollack Lays Out Goals, Stresses Diversity Reform at GPSA Meeting
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President Martha E. Pollack ran through a laundry list of ongoing initiatives at the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly on Monday, including efforts to improve mental health, provide more assistance for international students and students with disabilities, and increase diversity of both the undergraduate and graduate student bodies.
Featured in Category
New Center for Social Sciences to Boost Interdisciplinary Research
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On March 28, Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced the University’s new Center for Social Sciences, intended to improve the University’s research and collaboration efforts among social science disciplines.
Anti-semitism
Swastika Spotted on Goldwin Smith Hall Exterior, Drawing Concerns About Campus Climate
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A swastika was found emblazoned on the facade of the west side of Goldwin Smith Hall facing the Arts Quad, drawing concerns from students over the current campus climate.
plastic ban
NY State Bans Single-Use Plastic Bags; Ithaca Store Employees Express Excitement
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On March 31, New York became the second state to pass state-wide legislation banning single-use plastic bags, following California’s ban in 2016.
Low Rise 6
Series of Faulty Sprinklers Sends Sleeping Students Scurrying Outside, Alerts University of Possible Asbestos
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Monday’s sprinkler malfunction was the second time this semester that Low Rise 6 experienced flooding — the last time because of a burst pipe on Jan. 31.
Featured in Category
Cornellians Explore Stories of Sexual Violence Around the World
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For South African activist and former sexual assault survivor, Jenny Nijenhuis, visual art is not a mere form of communication, but something which represents the “first step in healing.”
Ed Intemann
Ed Intemann, Senior Lecturer Who ‘Lit the World,’ Dies at 60
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E.D. Intemann, M.F.A. ’84, senior lecturer in the performing and media arts department and resident lighting designer at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts for over 20 years, died on Feb. 21. He was 60 years old. Intemann died suddenly at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, surrounded by family and friends. He is survived by his partner, Ellen Chase, his two sons and his two sisters.