Louis Walcer '74 has been named the first director of the Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences, Cornell's new life sciences business incubator.
More than 100 people gathered May 14 and 15 for a symposium, 'Galaxies: not WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get),' celebrating Haynes' 60th birthday. (May 17, 2011)
Antonio DiTommaso, associate professor of crop and soil sciences, has been named the first Richard C. Call Director of Agricultural Sciences, thanks to a $1 million gift from Call and his wife. (May 16, 2011)
The Cornell PULSE (Perceptions of Undergraduate Life and Student Experiences) Survey finds that student satisfaction, overall and with various aspects of the Cornell experience, remains high. (May 12, 2011)
Ted Thoren, who led his teams baseball and football teams to more wins than any Cornell coach in a decades-long, storied career, died in Ithaca at age 89. (May 11, 2011)
Arthur Laurents '37, a reigning figure on Broadway and in Hollywood for six decades for his work on such productions as 'West Side Story' and 'The Way We Were,' died May 5. He was 93. (May 10, 2011)
The Cornell Child Care Center received top scores and accreditation from early education's highest national mark of quality, the National Association for the Education of Young Children. (May 10, 2011)
Cornell has simplified its parking permit structure and is changing its parking rates to meet changing user needs, promote sustainable commuting practices, and meet the costs of parking maintenance. (May 10, 2011)
An accidental house fire in Collegetown in the early hours of May 6 claimed the life of Brian Lo, 21, a senior in the School of Hotel Administration from East Rockaway, N.Y. (May 6, 2011)
