Emergency notification system will be tested April 14

Cornell will test its emergency notification systems at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday, April 14. These systems include the sirens/public address system and voice and text messaging. (April 8, 2010)

Architect Rem Koolhaas visits for public lecture April 13

Internationally renowned architect Rem Koolhaas, designer of Paul Milstein Hall, will visit the campus to give a public lecture and meet with students and faculty.

Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel to speak April 29

Writer Elie Wiesel, a Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor, will speak in Cornell's Bailey Hall April 29 at 6 p.m. Tickets are free from the Willard Straight Hall and Clinton House box offices. (April 7, 2010)

Freshman wins first place with vibrant designs

Courtney FitzPatrick '13 earned first place in the 2010 AATCC Concept 2 Consumer Design Competition for her entry 'Hot Hot Hot' in the product design category.

World-class poets Baraka and Sanchez read with rhythm

Poets Amiri Baraka and Sonia Sanchez gave a joint reading April 1 in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium with words infused with passion and the rhythms of jazz music. (April 2, 2010)

In difficult times, the nation needs the humanities, says former provost Randel

Former Cornell provost Don Randel delivered a spirited consideration of the state of the humanities March 31 in Goldwin Smith Hall. (April 1, 2010)

Leela Gandhi speaks on postcolonial ethics in first Humanities Lecture

Postcolonial theorist Leela Gandhi delivered a range of approaches to ethics March 30 in Goldwin Smith Hall, in the inaugural talk in the College of Arts and Sciences' Humanities Lecture Series.

Students team up with incarcerated teens to develop illustrated book

'Release' was just published online. The book is a collaborative effort between students in Tamar Carroll's fall 2009 service-learning course and young women in the Lansing Residential Center. (April 1, 2010)

CU trivia buff recounts live bear mascot, fictional Cornell rascals and the giant pumpkin prank

Cornell trivia buff Corey Earle '07 spoke of Cornell legends and 'the good ol' days' in a presentation at Kendal at Ithaca March 29.