Mann Library is highlighting climate change, along with faculty work and student opportunities in this critical area of study, in a yearlong series of special programming including lectures and exhibits.
Over the next six months, Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett with travel to more than a dozen cities in the U.S. and overseas to meet with alumni and talk about her priorities for the university.
Biochemist Jennifer Doudna, who developed a new technique in genome engineering that allows DNA to be edited almost as easily as editing text, will deliver the Racker Lecture on campus Nov. 19.
Treijon Johnson ’17 and Margo Hittleman ’81, Ph.D. ’07, discussing parallels between cultural diversity and biodiversity at the Ideas for a Better World: Sustainability Workshop Series Oct. 29.
Two talks will held Friday, Nov. 6, focusing on international community partnerships, at noon and 3 p.m. Faculty members, students and representatives of international organizations will participate.
In a presentation marking the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act Oct. 28, Angela Winfield, J.D. ’08, who is blind, recalled the ways the law has had a positive impact on her life.
Kenneth A. McClane ’73, the W.E.B. DuBois Professor Emeritus of Literature, spoke about friendship in a Phi Beta Kappa lecture on campus Oct. 28. He drew on experiences growing up in Harlem.
Timothy Murray, the Taylor Family Director of the Society for the Humanities, will present “In the Name of the Hero" at an art history panel Nov. 8 at the 2015 Beijing Forum in Beijing, China.
Several Cornell organizations gathered at a resource fair in downtown Ithaca Oct. 30 to share information with the Ithaca and Tompkins County communities about ways the university contributes to them.
