Weill Hall, which will be dedicated Oct. 16, marks a giant leap toward advancing Cornell's leadership nationally and internationally in the genomics-led science revolution.

A conversation with architect and alumnus Richard Meier about the design of Weill Hall in relation to the campus and designing a building to meet the needs of its users.

Weill Hall is designed for big-picture scientists: researchers who think beyond the confines of their field to tackle challenges in creative new ways.

The visionary building has become a reality through the vision of its leading donors.

Weill Hall is one of only six university laboratory buildings to be gold-certified by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System, as judged by the U.S. Green Building Council.

In light of the economic crisis, Mary Zielinski, assistant director and manager of retirement programs in Cornell's Benefit Services office, provides some answers to investment questions.

Beth McKinney provides firsthand perspective on a campus presentation about environmental estrogens and their role in increasing the risk of breast cancer. Two more talks on the issue will be held Oct. 15 and 22.

A 33-year-old Cornell alumnus was found dead in Cascadilla Gorge beneath the College Avenue bridge on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 8.

Cornell is ranked No. 15 in the new Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings 2008, up from being 20th last year. The list ranks 500 universities worldwide each year.

The second annual Margaret Bourke-White Photography Portfolio Prize competition is accepting entries from Cornell student photographers through Oct. 27.

Architect and scholar Peter Eisenman '54, B.Arch. '55, is Cornell's newest Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor. Rhodes professors serve for three years term and visit the Ithaca campus for one week a year.

Editors' picks for events the week of Oct. 10 range from a tour of the Sagan Planet Walk with Bill Nye to a symposium on wildlife conservation research to an after-hours event for students at the Johnson Museum.

Don Barber, a Democrat running for New York State Senate, visited with Cornell officials Oct. 1 to share his views on issues ranging from health insurance to higher education.

Published in the Sept. 30 issue, the report on the top 25 best executive MBA programs was based on surveys of thousands of students and hundreds of companies.

The Cornell Center for Advanced Computing will present a two-day training class Oct. 23-24 on performing data analyses on the 'Ranger' supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center.

Novelist, literary scholar and Cornell professor Edmundo Paz-Soldan was named to a list of the 50 most influential Latin intellectuals by Foreign Policy magazine.

Harvard's Charles Ogletree delivered the Milton Konvitz Memorial Lecture on 'The Combustible Mixture of Race, Gender, Religion and Politics: Lessons Learned From the 2008 Political Campaign,' Oct. 7 at the ILR School.