Milstein Hall receives top architecture honor

Milstein Hall has received an Institute Honor Award for Architecture from the American Institute of Architects. It was one of 11 buildings in the United States and Canada to receive the award this year.

Cornell Tech receives borough president's approval

Cornell NYC Tech has received conditional approval from Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, a key step in the city's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.

Assemblies Update, Week of Jan. 21

An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.

Faculty member's pavilion design wins MoMA competition

"Party Wall," designed by architect Caroline O'Donnell with the help of students, uses sustainable materials donated by an Ithaca skateboard company.

Things to Do, Jan. 25-Feb. 1

Events this week include the LEGO Expo in Duffield Hall, a Science Cabaret on bread for locavores, folk music and guitar lessons, films, and a reception for new exhibitions at the Johnson Museum.

Cornell Perspectives: Leuenberger on war for beginners

Cornell's Christine Leuenberger found herself in the midst of the most recent chapter of the Israel-Palestine wars and talked to people on both sides about their experiences.

Former CURW director Paul Jaquith dies

Rev. Dr. L. Paul Jaquith, director of Cornell United Religious Work from 1958 to 1965, died Dec. 14, 2012, at age 88.

Perkins Prize applications accepted through Feb. 22

Cornell faculty, students and staff can apply through Feb. 22 for the 2013 James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony.

Mukoma leads Kenyan journalists' theory workshop

Following a workshop he led in Kenya, Mukoma Wa Ngugi hopes to foster further dialogue between academic writers and journalists, using concepts of literary and cultural theory and criticism.