News & Events

Cornell ROTC cadets receive commissions as officers

During the ROTC Commissioning Ceremony in Statler Auditorium, 16 graduating Cornell ROTC students received their commissions and stepped on stage to pledge to defend the Constitution.

Things to Do, May 23-30

Events this week include the annual Biotech Open House, Community Day at Museum of the Earth and Cayuga Nature Center, and an exhibition on falconry at Mann Library.

Tennyson to lead Cornell Institute for Public Affairs

Sharon Tennyson, professor of policy analysis and management, will become director of the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs July 1.

Staff graduates applauded for completing degrees

Thirteen staff members gathered with family and friends at the 18th annual Staff Graduate Reception, May 20, hosted by the Employee Assembly and the Division of Human Resources and Safety Services.

With chairs aligned and grass trimmed, campus set for guests

A veritable battalion of custodians, carpenters, electricians, grounds workers – unsung heroes all – apply the final polish to campus as the university prepares to greet 35,000 friends and family of about 6,000 graduating students for the 146th Cornell Commencement.

Students take America's pulse in course on polling

Students in the University Course "Taking America's Pulse" learn public opinion polling by designing and conducting real surveys.

Physicist Richard L. Liboff dies at 82

Richard L. Liboff, Cornell professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering, died March 9 in New York City at age 82.

Natural resources expert talks Big Apple agriculture

Natural resources doctoral student Philip Silva described the blooming world of urban gardens at a talk in New York City May 21.

Sandra Bem, feminist scholar and psychologist, dies

Feminist scholar and psychologist Sandra L. Bem, author of "Lenses of Gender," died May 20 in Ithaca.