Susan Murphy '73, Ph.D. '94, vice president for student and academic services at Cornell has been chosen to receive the 2012 Tanner Prize for her career-long efforts to enhance Jewish life at Cornell.
Through simplicity, Nery Trigueros-Gonzalez, Cornell Catering executive chef, earned first place in a regional competition held by a national culinary organization. He competes nationally in July.
Jay Walker '77, founder of Priceline.com, kicked off an exhibit of rare artifacts from his collection with a Reunion lecture on why imagination has been the driving force behind human invention.
Cornell's newly named Department of Performing and Media Arts (formerly Theatre, Film and Dance) has announced its lineup for next year and two new faculty members.
Events on campus this week include new exhibitions at the Johnson Museum, a look at gender roles in Shakespeare plays, readings by creative writing faculty and a conference focused on Colombia.
Mars scientist Steve Squyres is serving on the crew of the 16th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, a two-week undersea training mission off the Florida Keys.
Kathy Berggren, Kate Bronfenbrenner, Debbie Cherney and Mariana Wolfner were honored May 26 for the 2012 Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards.
