Every spring, the Tibetan refugee community in Ithaca celebrates its culture and history. This year Cornell University is joining the celebration with Tibet Weeks, a series of events from Monday, April 7, through Saturday April 19. The Cornell East Asia Program and Students for a Free Tibet have scheduled Tibetan-related films, guest speakers and family-oriented events. The program is designed to celebrate Tibetan culture while educating the public on the continuing political and social concerns of the Tibetan community here and abroad. (April 8, 2003)
President Skorton and Provosts Kent Fuchs and Laurie Glimcher are directing the development of diversity goals through the University Diversity Council, with universitywide accountability.
'Educating Scholars: Doctoral Education in the Humanities' is a new book with first author Ron Ehrenberg that looks at attrition and completion rates in humanities Ph.D. programs. (Oct. 15, 2009)
Events on campus in the next two weeks include a reading by Teju Cole; the 2014 Atkinson Symposium on earth art; a lecture on sustainable housing; and "Total Recall" director Paul Verhoeven.
Cornell and Ithaca-area communities can help others cope with the oncoming cold by contributing new and used outerwear to the 15th Annual 'Share the Warmth' campaign through Dec. 2. (Nov. 19, 2007)
In compliance with a new New York state law, Cornell University will notify anyone whose personal data may have been compromised by a computer break-in. (December 06, 2005)
A multistate research group that includes Ramona Heck of Cornell University has been named winner of a prestigious award for its research on family businesses.
American Indians from communities in upstate New York, including the Oneida and Onondaga Nations, came to campus for Cornell's Ninth Annual Powwow and Smokedance, Saturday, April 12. (April 15, 2008)
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy has awarded a $1.6 million grant to the ILR School's technical assistance center for employers on employment of people with disabilities. (Oct. 6, 2009)