Events this week feature four-hand piano scholar-performers, undergraduates' bird research on the Isles of Shoals, new documentaries at Cornell Cinema and interactive tours at the Johnson Museum.
Cornell's Fuertes Observatory has a new museum featuring vintage observatory instruments, many collected in the 19th century by Estevan Fuertes, founding dean of Cornell's civil engineering department.
Time, says Shelley Wong, "is socially constructed, continually made and remade in culturally specific ways." Wong’s book project focuses on race, time and narrative.
State Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball came to Cornell Jan. 27 with an upbeat message about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2017 budget: it's good for the middle class and it's good for agriculture.
As of Jan. 16, all uniformed police officers have been equipped with body-worn cameras to aid in their investigations and enhance public confidence and support.
A new bystander intervention video, "Intervene," developed by the Skorton Center for Health Initiatives at Gannett Health Services, helps students come forward to aid fellow students in distress.
Faculty writers Alice Fulton and Helena María Viramontes will read from their recent work, including poetry and a novel in progress, Feb. 9 in Klarman Hall.
Madelyn F. Wessel, university counsel at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been named university counsel and secretary of the corporation for Cornell University. The first woman to hold the position, Wessel will start May 8.
