Cornell architecture programs retain top rankings

Cornell has retained its leading positions in the annual survey ranking top architecture programs, “America's Best Architecture and Design Schools 2017.”

Things to Do, Sept. 9-16, 2016

Events this week include the 2016 Cornell arts biennial, a concert kicking off a 'Technologies of Memory' series, a a reading by writer Joy Harjo, new and classic films, and jazz pianist Fred Hersch.

9/11 remembrance aims to 'build bridges of understanding'

Cornell will commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks this Sunday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m. on Ho Plaza in front of Willard Straight Hall. The ceremony is open to the public.

FSAD to host Helen Storey as its first designer-in-residence

British fashion designer Helen Storey brings some of her innovative work in art and science to campus Sept. 12-24 as the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design's first designer-in-residence.

Uganda project puts focus on gender equality in agriculture

Gender matters to the 16 trainers and 11 teams of 33 researchers from four continents who will participate in a course on “Gender Responsive Root, Tuber and Banana Breeding,” Sept. 12-21 in Uganda.

Expanded Knight Institute gets new director

English professor George Hutchinson is the fifth director of the John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, whose programs serve Cornell students in every school and college.

Two events will honor Africana Center's history Sept. 23, 24

Cornell host two major events honoring the Africana Center: a screening and panel discussion of the film "Agents of Change," and the dedication of the original Africana Center site, which was destroyed by suspected arson in 1970.

Einaudi Center series on cybersecurity launches Sept. 14

Internet governance expert Martin Mueller will present the first in a series of lectures on questions at the intersection of technology, politics and international law.

Vernacular speakers' words discounted in courtrooms

Stanford University linguist John Rickford will deliver a talk, "Justice for Jeantel (and Trayvon): Fighting Dialect Prejudice in Courtrooms and Beyond," Sept. 15 at 4:30 p.m. in Klarman Hall.