CALC 2014 celebrates alumni volunteer leadership

For those who attended the Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Jan. 17-19, the business of volunteering for the university was equally serious and fun.

Media financer invests in new faculty

Peggy Koenig ’78 has made gift to faculty and to a new technology hub for the Department of Communication.

Changes made to sesquicentennial leadership

Planning for Cornell’s yearlong sesquicentennial celebration in 2015 is progressing smoothly, and planning leadership of the celebration has changed.

'Cornell Now!' campaign tops $4 billion

Cornell has surpassed a fundraising-campaign milestone - $4 billion - making it only the fourth institution in all of higher education to do so.

Higher ed researcher: Land-grant act's 150th is an occasion to revitalize mission for the future

Cornell's Scott Peters, associate professor of education, researches the public mission of American higher education and helped celebrate the sesquicentennial of the Morrill Land Grant Act in June. (June 28, 2012)

Cornell's first sesquicentennial event: The Morrill Land Grant Act turns 150

Cornell's sesquicentennial is three years away, but let the festivities begin: This July marks the 150th anniversary of what some have called the greatest piece of legislation to come out of Congress. (June 28, 2012)

Board Chair Peter Meinig looks back on a decade of service

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.

Skorton looks to future in Ithaca, NYC and beyond

In a message to the Cornell community Dec. 21, President David Skorton expresses his gratitude for the support of the NYC Tech Campus from the faculty, students, staff, alumni and the board of trustees. (Dec. 21, 2011)

Meinigs to co-chair Cornell's sesquicentennial

Cornell Board of Trustees Chairman Peter Meinig '61 and wife Nancy '62 together will lead the university's efforts to celebrate its 150th anniversary, in 2015. (Oct. 3, 2011)