Students who graduate from Cornell with a Ph.D. fare slightly better in the job market than their national peers, according to numbers recently provided by Barbara Knuth, vice provost and dean of the Graduate School.
Fifty-eight Cornellians joined the Peace Corps in 2011, more than any other Ivy League university, according to Jim Haldeman, senior associate director of Cornell’s international programs, which includes the University’s Peace Corps program.
Local officials said at a meeting of Ithaca's redistricting commission on Wednesday that low student voter turnout could lead to the elimination of a city district overwhelmingly populated by students. Several proposals to reorganize the city's districting were discussed at the meeting.
On Jan. 30, the University was awarded a gold rating under the Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment and Rating System in recognition of its campus-wide sustainability efforts. Out of 152 participating universities, Cornell was one of 25 to earn a gold rating from STARS.
Nearly a year after the Department of Education slashed funding for “critical language” programs, University administrators say they have not determined how to support the 11 departments affected by the cuts and warn that additional, upcoming DOE cuts could endanger additional language programs.
The Interfraternity Council will vote on a resolution Wednesday that, if approved, would allow its judicial board to impose financial penalties on fraternities found to be in violation of some policies.
DJ duo Major Lazer will perform in Barton Hall on March 11, the Cornell Concert Commission will announce Wednesday. Opening acts for the group have not been determined.
Cornell Police Chief Kathy Zoner attended the Experience Israel Training Tour in Tel Aviv, Israel, in October, becoming the first police chief of a university to do so. During her stay, Zoner and 10 other conference attendees were given an inside look at the security operations of Israel’s counterterrorism initiatives.
President Barack Obama’s recent proposal to tame the rapidly increasing cost of tuition overlooks the complexity of university budgeting, as well as advancements in financial aid, President David Skorton argued in an editorial published in The Huffington Post Monday.
Three Cornell professors who published conflicting reports earlier this year on the amount of methane gas released into the environment by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are now embroiled in a debate over the accuracy of the others’ research.
Cornell University Sustainable Design, a group that is hoping to build the University’s first entirely student-designed building on campus, has completed its initial design of a Sustainability Research Facility. CUSD will construct a prototype of a single room this semester to test energy-efficient parts for the building, said CUSD team leader Jeremy Blum ’12.
Cornell Police officers are expressing concern regarding what they have identified as a recent uptick in the number of reported thefts on campus. More than 50 cases of grand and petit larceny were reported in the last three months alone, according to CUPD.
Monday night marked the first official meeting of the new Club Sports Council, which was formed after significant budget cuts last semester. The council represents 32 teams and about 900 student athletes.
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