Digitized 'readers' shed light on 1970s activism

Emeritus Professor Pierre Clavel has digitized documents detailing the work of 1970s urban planning activists in several American cities.

$1.4M Mellon grant will support urbanism seminars

A $1.4 million Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant will fund a Cornell pilot program of seminars in architecture, urbanism and the humanities. Six semesters of seminars will begin in spring 2014.

New book traces why Cornell is a 'world treasure'

'Cornell University,' by Richard H. Penner, professor emeritus of hotel administration, traces the university's history in 128 pages with 200 vintage photographs, mostly from library archives.

More than 900 students will get their degrees this winter

Nick Lawrie '13 will graduate in January with the ability to follow his passion for 'helping the little guy,' thanks to his ILR School education and Cornell financial aid. (Dec. 17, 2012)

Artists Siena and Close discuss the craft of image-building

Chuck Close and James Siena '79 critiqued each others' works in a discussion of process and art making at the Eli Broad Lecture, held Dec. 5 in Manhattan. (Dec. 13, 2012)

Characters welcome in Schwartz Center course

Students in a new design class learn to develop their fictional characters' appearances by focusing on anatomy, movements and mannerisms. (Nov. 28, 2012)

Architecture program retains top ranking

Cornell's programs in undergraduate and graduate architecture, graduate landscape architecture and graduate interior design have been ranked in the Top 5 in DesignIntelligence's annual survey. (Nov. 20, 2012)

NYC financial engineering students regroup after hurricane

Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan is finally returning to normal after major disruptions from Hurricane Sandy. (Nov. 12, 2012)

Students promote sustainability on cross-country bus tour

Messages on making schools safer and healthier are going coast to coast starting Nov. 5, when Cornell students began a cross-country bus tour conducting outreach projects along the way. (Nov. 5, 2012)