Cornell campus news http://www.news.cornell.edu Coverage of events and activities on the Cornell University campus en-us (C) Cornell University ws21@cornell.edu 'The Life Before Us' chosen for reading project http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan12/2012ReadingProject.html Freshmen and incoming transfer students this fall will read and discuss French author Romain Gary's 1975 novel 'The Life Before Us' for the New Student Reading Project. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:57:39 EST Campus Area Farms offer lots of living lab space http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan12/CampusFarms.html Campus Area Farms, operated by Cornell's Agricultural Experiment Station, offers researchers 352 acres - patchwork of 11 small farms - for test plots. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:49:40 EST eCornell named a top leadership training companies http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan12/eCornellNotable.html eCornell, which offers online professional and executive development courses, has been named to Training Industry Inc.'s list of Top 20 Leadership Training Companies for the third consecutive year. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:46:57 EST Frequently asked questions about CornellNYC Tech http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan12/NYCTechFAQ.html CornellNYC Tech is generating interest - and questions - from around the community. Tech campus proposal leaders will answer questions at a forum Feb. 3, and the Chronicle periodically will run an FAQ. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:11:15 EST Faculty members honored as inspiring teachers http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan12/WeissFellows2012.html Cornell professors George Hudler, Ravi Ramakrishna and Yervant Terzian have been recognized for distinguished teaching with Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowships. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:07:27 EST Registered disaster volunteers receive paid leave http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan12/EmergencyResponders.html Cornell faculty and staff who are certified by the American Red Cross or similar organizations as disaster volunteers or emergency disaster responders can now take five days paid leave. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:20:15 EST Assemblies Update, Week of Jan. 23 http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan12/AssembliesJan27.html An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:18:00 EST Peter Meinig looks back at a decade of service http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan12/MeinigQA.html Peter C. Meinig '61, outgoing chair of the Cornell University Board of Trustees, recently sat down with the Cornell Chronicle to look back on a decade of service. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:57:12 EST Myra Sabir gives first talk for Soup and Hope http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan12/SoupAndHope.html Myra Sabir, assistant dean of admissions and advising, opened the 2012 Soup and Hope series Jan. 19 using excerpts from her work-in-progress to convey her journey toward self-awareness and connection. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:23:05 EST Board approves tuition and fees for 2012-13 http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan12/TuitionUp.html The board of trustees approved planning parameters Jan. 20 for the university's 2012-13 budget that entails an across-the-board tuition increase of $1,860 for all of the university's undergraduate students. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:21:36 EST All of this month's stories http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/imonth12/Jan12.shtml This week's Cornell Chronicle (PDF) http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/12/01_27_12.pdf Featured campus events http://www.news.cornell.edu/pages/Events.shtml