McGraw Hall will undergo major renovations beginning this month. The roof work won't begin until after Commencement and should be completed by fall semester. (April 4, 2011)
Eliot Cohen, Condoleezza Rice's former adviser, offered advice on giving advice when he spoke on campus April 1 as part of the Einaudi Center's Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series. (April 4, 2011)
A.D. White Professor Lowery Stokes Sims, curator at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, spoke on curating the Global Africa Project March 29 at the Johnson Museum. (April 1, 2011)
Renowned writer Margaret Atwood gave a public reading on campus March 29. She also met with students in two small discussion groups the next day to talk about writing and to answer questions. (April 1, 2011)
Robert S. Harrison '76, the newly elected chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees, and current chair Peter C. Meinig '61 share some thoughts on the state of the university. (April 1, 2011)
A curious corrugated pattern in Saturn's rings and similar features in Jupiter's main ring could be the residual effects of comet collisions, report astronomers at Cornell and the SETI Institute. (April 1, 2011)
The Africana Studies and Research Center budget will be raised by more than 50 percent over five years. There also will be a one-time infusion of $2 million to recruit faculty, support research and develop a Ph.D. program.
Students in Jonathan Culler's Major Poets class returned from spring break March 28 to hear M.H. 'Mike' Abrams, the Class of 1916 Professor of English Emeritus, on 'The Fourth Dimension of a Poem.' (March 30, 2011)
Alice Fulton, the Ann S. Bowers Professor of English, is one of eight recipients to receive the 2011 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. The award will be presented to her in May. (March 29, 2011)
