Cornell in Rome program to celebrate 30 years in March

Cornell in Rome will celebrate its 30th anniversary in March, gathering program alumni, faculty and friends including architect Peter Eisenman for tours, panel discussions and receptions.

The Johnson family legacy at Cornell University

The $150 million gift given by Fisk Johnson and his company to endow the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business marks the latest chapter in a relationship between the Johnson family and Cornell University that extends more than 120 years.

$150M gift founds Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Alumnus H. Fisk Johnson and SC Johnson have committed $150 million for the College of Business, which has been renamed the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. It is the largest single gift to the Ithaca campus.

Historian re-examines Caribbean history in new book

In his new book “An Aqueous Territory: Sailor Geographies and New Granada’s Transimperial Greater Caribbean World,” historian Ernesto Bassi traces the “transimperial Greater Caribbean.”

New book takes sound studies into the cosmos

In his new book, "Composing the World: Harmony in the Medieval Platonic Cosmos," Andrew Hicks argues that sound has always been an integral part of the history of studying the cosmos.

Outdoor Education helps all Cornellians scale new heights

To demonstrate that by using creativity all employees can participate in Cornell's opportunities, Angela Winfield, director of Inclusion and Workforce Diversity, scaled the wall at the new Lindseth Climbing Center.

Faculty discuss curriculum changes in Arts and Sciences

About 150 faculty members, and Interim President Hunter Rawlings, attended a Jan. 23 forum to discuss curriculum reforms in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Memory limits give rise to open-ended language abilities

A study in PLoS ONE led by Cornell psychology professor Morten H. Christiansen provides new insight into how languages come to be composed of reusable parts.

New proposals sought for digital grants

The Grants Program for Digital Collections in the Arts and Sciences seeks new proposals to digitize collections. The deadline for expressing initial interest is Feb. 17.