Carolus, one of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' Titan arums (Amorphophallus titanum), also known as a corpse flower, bloomed in Minns Garden - the first time one of the flowers ever bloomed in a region outside of the tropics.
Approximately 4,000 new first-year and transfer students will begin their journeys at Cornell Aug. 18-27, with orientation events exposing them to academic, social and cultural life on campus.
Veterinarians at Cornell's Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Health Center recently saved the life of a bobcat hit by a car in Lansing, New York, and released him into the wild.
Cornell sponsored Turkish academics Azat Gündoğan, a sociologist, and his wife, historian Nilay Ozok-Gündoğan, when they were threatened by their government.
The inauguration of Martha E. Pollack as the 14th president of Cornell University will feature student scholarship, highlight the role of universities in the search for truth, and celebrate the community Aug. 24 and 25.
Cornell’s Prison Education Program has received a grant from the College-in-Prison Reentry Program, an initiative to expand educational opportunities at correctional facilities across New York state.
Cornell Tech hosted a workshop Aug. 8-9 in Gates Hall, helping eight local school districts and a cooperative educational service agency create plans to integrate computer science education throughout the entire school day.
President Martha E. Pollack sent a message to the Cornell community Aug. 13 responding to the gathering of white supremacist groups that turned violent in Charlottesville, Virginia.
