Thanks to thousands of generous donations from staff and faculty members, Cornell’s 2014 United Way Campaign raised a total of $815,152, exceeding its goal of $815,000.
For freshwater environmental education projects and for helping save the American eel throughout the New York City region, Chris Bowser, an extension support specialist for Cornell’s New York State Water Resources Institute, has won a U.S. EPA Environmental Quality Award.
Recent transfer student and horticulture enthusiast Justin Kondrat ’14 has led a project with the help of nearly 100 Cornellians to plant some 50,000 blooming flowers that spell out the word “rooted” in 10-foot letters on Libe Slope; the display will glow nightly until May 1.
Teresa Danso-Danquah ’15, an ILR School student who has worked on advocating for people with disabilities at Cornell nationally and internationally, has been named a 2014 Truman Scholar.
