$2M gift to drive Weill Cornell advances in immunotherapy

To advance a powerful cancer treatment strategy that uses immune cells to fight the disease, Ellen and Gary Davis '76 have made a $2 million gift to Weill Cornell Medicine to drive ongoing research in immunotherapy.

Einaudi lecturer will link cybersecurity and national security

Jon Lindsay, assistant professor of digital media and global affairs at the University of Toronto, will discuss the threat of cyberwarfare in an Oct. 26 lecture hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.

Students gather for final debate in 'crazy' election season

Cornell students gathered in Carl Becker House Oct. 19 to watch discuss the final presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.

Things to Do, Oct. 21-28, 2016

Events on campus include "Walking with 'Trane" at the Schwartz Center, SPARK Talks by emerging scholars, a new teen film on Korean identity and talks on game design and endangered foods.

Masten to give Gottschalk Lecture on Marlowe play

Jeffrey Masten of Northwestern University delivers the annual Paul Gottschalk Memorial Lecture Oct. 27, on "Christopher Marlowe’s Queer Reformations: Heresy, Theory, Book History."

3 faculty elected fellows of American Physical Society

Astronomer Rachel Bean, physicist Csaba Csaki and biologist Mingming Wu are among 248 fellows elected by the American Physical Society this year.

Lecture to tackle link between politics, religion in U.S., Nov. 3

Princeton historian Kevin Kruse will deliver the LaFeber-Silbey Lecture, "Make America Born Again: Religion and Politics in the 2016 Campaign,” Nov. 3, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 165 McGraw Hall.

Oct. 24 lecture to probe emotions of humans, animals

An upcoming University Lecture by Jaak Panksepp, professor at Washington State University, will explore the science behind animal and human emotions.

Stucky's opera 'The Classical Style' to be staged Oct. 30

The Ithaca premiere of "The Classical Style: An Opera (of Sorts)," the last large-scale work by the late professor emeritus of composition Steven Stucky, will be staged Oct. 30 by Triphammer Arts.