With the help of a $650,000 gift from recently deceased Prof. Emerita Helen L. Wardeberg, education, Mann Library and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences –– which will each receive half of the donation –– will be making adjustments to improve their services for the Cornell community.

Despite a new agreement reached with Ithaca College that allows Cornell students to pursue I.C.’s Master of Arts in Teaching, some remained concerned about the future of education instruction at the University.

Bucking a recent trend of plummeting state aid to the University, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s (D) proposed 2012-13 executive budget will preserve funding for Cornell’s contract colleges. His proposal, released Jan. 17, must still be approved by the New York State Legislature in March.

The New York State legislature approved a $132 billion budget Thursday with reductions to Cornell's contract colleges. Funding for many Cornell agricultural programs, however, was restored in the final budget.

The meeting between CALS leadership and students, faculty and administrators is a step in the right direction to foster better dialogue on major decisions that should be continued moving forward.

Faculty members clashed with administrators from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at a public forum on Monday, voicing their concerns on the repercussions of pending fiscal year 2012 budget cuts.

To the dismay of students and faculty, CALS cuts staff and field research programs in response to proposed decreases in state funding.  

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will begin a search for a new professor in dairy cattle genetics.

Although Cornell’s Department of Education will be eliminated, the University announced that the education minor and teacher certification program will still be offered.

CALS faculty, staff and students will relocate to various buildings on campus — including Morrison Hall, Mann Library and the facilities of the Department of Plant Biology — as renovations begin.