Kheel Center to preserve workplace agreements

A federal grant will enable the ILR School's Kheel Center for Labor Management Documentation and Archives to digitize a century of collective bargaining contracts.

Chen Jian named Wilson Center Global Fellow

Chen Jian, Cornell’s Michael J. Zak Professor of History for U.S.-China Relations in the Department of History, has been named a Woodrow Wilson International Center global fellow.

Concerto competition yields two student winners

For the first time, the Cornell Concerto Competition has two winners: cellist Daniel Cho '17 and violinist Ji Min Yang '15. The 10th annual competition was held Dec. 15 in Barnes Hall.

Exhibit showcases traditional Chinese dress

A new exhibit, “Chinese Traditional Dress and Its Influence,” provides an overview of Chinese dress of the Qing period and the influence of Eastern style on Western fashions in the early 20th century.

Things to Do, Dec. 13-Jan. 17

Events on campus before and during the winter break include new displays at the Johnson Museum, student films and a free family film, a concerto competition and a celebration of winter plants.

Johnston Turner extends invitation to try Google Glass

Music professor Cynthia Johnston Turner and Tyler Ehrlich '14 are inviting Cornellians to become official Google Glass Explorers, and are taking entries via Twitter through Dec. 15.

Media financer invests in new faculty

Peggy Koenig ’78 has made gift to faculty and to a new technology hub for the Department of Communication.

Speech and reading key to learning Arabic

Munther Younes, director of Cornell’s Arabic Language Program, emphasizes instruction that includes speaking as well as reading Arabic.

Bacteria research inspires students' creative artwork

As disciplines, art and science may seem worlds apart, but a Cornell course bridges the two by using microbiologist Ruth Ley's research as inspiration.