This summer incoming first-year students, new transfer students and others in the Cornell community will be reading Julie Otsuka’s 2003 novel, “When the Emperor Was Divine,” Vice Provost Laura Brown announced.
Americans can expect more heat waves, heavy downpours, floods and droughts, sea level rise and ocean acidification, according to a climate report that included two Cornell researchers as lead authors.
John H. Foote ’74 and Joseph Thanhauser ’71 are spearheading a project to erect a bronze statue to pay tribute to the bear cubs who served as Cornell’s unofficial, original mascot, Touchdown.
Former Cornell faculty member Jean M.J. Frechet has been awarded a 2013 Japan Prize for his work in developing materials integral to semiconductor manufacturing.
On Jan. 19 a score of Beta Theta Pi fraternity brothers, organized and led by Cornell Outdoor Education, helped build trails and prepare educational staging areas at the Ithaca YMCA’s Camp Adventure.
Irving Lazar, Cornell professor emeritus of human service studies with a lifelong focus on improving the lives of children and families, died May 1, 2012 in Nashville, Tenn. He was 86.
