Organized by Modesto Quiroga, Cornell’s Cosmopolitan Club first met Nov. 10, 1904, in Barnes Hall, with 60 students attending. For the next five decades, the Cosmopolitan Club fostered international awareness and elevated peaceful thoughts.
Nominations of underrepresented tenured faculty as sought for the Public Voices Fellowship, a new initiative to increase the public impact of the nation’s top thought leaders.
Six Cornell professors – each with distinctive areas of study – provided 10-minute presentations on the university’s international impact at Bailey Hall on Oct. 17.
Planning students converged last month on one of New York City's underappreciated historic landmarks: Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, the site of the 1964 New York World's Fair.
To help introduce new members of the university's faculty to the Cornell community, the Cornell Chronicle is publishing brief new-faculty profiles for the 2014-15 academic year.
Artist Jenn Houle, MFA '15, has created a large-scale light installation with environmental and local elements to be shown at the Ithaca Falls Natural Area Sept. 26.
The Cornell Council for the Arts 2014 Biennial will showcase the work of artists, Cornell researchers and students in installations and events across campus all semester.
