Arlie Hochschild, a University of California-Berkeley sociologist who spoke on campus Sept. 3, said many people outsource personal services. The result is estrangement and isolation. (Sept. 9, 2009)
Students will have the opportunity to learn from two new A.D. White Professors-at-Large: cultural critic Rebecca Solnit and conservationist Jeffrey McNeely, who were appointed to six-year terms. (Sept. 8, 2009)
The foundation led by Chuck Feeney '56 made the $350 million gift, the largest in the university's history. It originally was announced Dec. 16 as from an anonymous donor. (Dec. 20, 2011)
Cornell University is using a $3.8 million settlement from the Libyan government to establish an endowed professorship in memory of Kenneth J. Bissett, who died in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. (December 20, 2005)
President David Skorton welcomed doctoral degree recipients to 'the end of a long and complex journey' at the 15th Ph.D. recognition ceremony in Barton Hall on May 26. (May 27, 2007)
The university is expanding its business communities for alumni in finance, high-tech and entrepreneurial sectors, with plans to produce 150 events for 6,000 Cornellians in the next year. (April 21, 2010)
The free Sprocket film series features movies that are intended to spark interest in cognitive science and a lively discussion after the showing - and free pizza. (Dec. 12, 2011)
Peter Adamson, professor of ancient and medieval philosophy at King's College London, said Muslims saved civilization by translating and studying Greek texts.
The Cornell International Affairs Society and its 80 members hosted 500 high school students April 15-18 for the ninth annual Cornell University Model United Nations Conference. (April 19, 2010)
An assistant professor in anthropology will study plant biology and international intellectual property law to keep African healers from commercialization without remuneration with a Mellon fellowship. (June 8, 2011)