Milstein Hall now complete with state-of-the-art auditorium

A new 257-seat auditorium in Milstein Hall, opening Oct. 20, offers state-of-the-art design and technology and will be the center of activity for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. (Oct. 13, 2011)

Cornell Council for the Arts announces grants program during transition

The Cornell Council for the Arts is taking applications through Oct. 21 for grants to fund arts projects by students, faculty, staff, departments and organizations on campus.

Meier and Stella discuss art, design and their friendship

Architect Richard Meier '56, B.Arch. '57, and artist Frank Stella discussed their disciplines, their work and their friendship at the inaugural Eli Broad Lecture, Sept. 12, at the Morgan Library in Manhattan. (Sept. 19, 2011)

Stephanie Wiles named director of the Johnson Museum

Provost Kent Fuchs has announced that Stephanie Wiles, director of Oberlin College's Allen Memorial Art Museum since 2004, will be the next director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.

U.S. News & World Report ranks four Cornell undergraduate programs in the top 10

In its 2012 rankings, U.S. News and World Report ranks Cornell second in engineering science/engineering physics programs and fourth among biological/agricultural engineering programs. (Sept. 13, 2011)

Stephanie Owens to lead Cornell Council for the Arts

Stephanie Owens, an artist, writer, curator and a visiting assistant professor of art in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP), has been named director of the Cornell Council for the Arts (CCA).

Cornell planning professor studies costs of the boom-bust cycle in natural gas extraction

New York may permit shale gas drilling after lifting a yearlong moratorium, but in addition to environmental concerns, there are significant economic questions to consider, a Cornell researcher says. (Sept. 1, 2011)

NYC tech campus would expand Ithaca-based faculty, student opportunities

A New York tech campus would stimulate the city's economy as well as pose new academic and research opportunities for faculty and students based in Ithaca, say university leaders.

Graduate student team designs garden that cleans toxic waste in China

Five landscape architecture graduate students spent the 2010-11 academic year designing a garden with plants capable of cleaning up hazardous waste sites. (Aug. 22, 2011)