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Klarman Hall project begins; scheduled to open in 2015
Ground was broken May 23 for Klarman Hall, the first new building for the humanities on central campus since Goldwin Smith Hall opened in 1905.
Behind the scenes at Cornell Commencement
More than 16,000 chairs, 400 tables, several stages and 30 tents are set up and taken down by Facilities Services staff. Approximately 6,000 students and faculty process from the Arts Quad to Schoellkopf Stadium, where around 35,000 family members, friends and guests are seated. University police officers, and staff in environmental health and safety, dining and transportation help run the events, assisted by more than 400 staff volunteers. Twenty-five TCAT buses shuttle people to the stadium and across campus.
Natural Resources building opens to praise, excitement after renovations
After two years without a building to call home, students and faculty in the department of natural resources heralded the reopening of Fernow Hall Tuesday after extensive renovations. The renovated building has a rain garden to control stormwater runoff, a garden terrace for use by the faculty and staff and solar panels for renewable energy, according to the Cornell Sustainable Campus Initiatives.
Students put a price on trees for Arbor Day
This Arbor Day (April 26) Cornell horticulture students are hoping to highlight why trees are worth hugging, by hanging bright green price tags on trunks around the Ag Quad and in an Ithaca park. This student activity and many others contribute to Cornell's designation since 2009 as a Tree Campus USA.
Cornell Plantations receives landscape architecture award
Cornell Plantations has received national recognition by the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) for its parking and storm water management site plan for the Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center, including a strip of trees in the parking area and a bioswale garden. SCUPs Honor Award for Excellence in Landscape Architecture will be accepted by Minakshi Amundsen, Cornell University planner, at the societys annual conference in July 2013.
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Fences come down, nets go up on bridges
Low-visibility steel mesh, hung below the bridge decks, fulfills a promise to the Cornell and Ithaca communities that permanent public safety systems would not obstruct views of the gorges, which are a source of local pride.
Commencement 2013 by the numbers
Every year, the week before Memorial Day Weekend, FS staff are all over campus preparing it to say farewell to graduates and welcome their families and guests for the big day. See what it takes to get it done.
President Skorton recognizes staff for excellent work
Joseph Lalley III, senior director for Facilities Operations, received the Management Excellence Award on May 9. Lalley's colleagues noted his forward thinking and love of technology.
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