Three undergraduates have received top prizes in the "My Cornell" writing and video contests held in honor of the university's sesquicentennial year. The winning essays and video will be showcased at the April 25 "Sights and Sounds” panel.
Science educator Verne N. Rockcastle, a member of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty since 1956, died April 5 in Ithaca; He was 95. A memorial service will be April 18 at Kendal.
Chilean poet, artist and filmmaker Cecilia Vicuña, and writer, scholar and performer Qwo-Li Driskill, will offer performances and student workshops on campus April 28-May 2.
The McNair Scholars Program, which seeks to increase the number of first-generation, low-income or underrepresented students in doctoral programs, inducted 15 new members April 11.
Shoshana Das ’16 has been awarded a Goldwater scholarship, the premier undergraduate award of its type in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.
Hadas Kress-Gazit, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, will speak about robotics at Charter Day: A Festival of Ideas and Imagination, April 26 in Rockefeller Hall.
A study asserts that, in the presence of a gentle fluid flow, the biophysics of the female reproductive tract – in particular, the grooves that line parts of it – critically assist sperm migration.
Fredrick Blaisdell '16 and Steven Ingram '16 have received 2015 Udall scholarships, for students who show potential for careers in environmental public policy, health care and tribal public policy.
Splash! at Cornell on April 18 will offer more than 100 courses for middle and high school students in one day, all taught by Cornell students - everything from hip-hop to history.
