Hospital exec shares how to transform urban health care

John W. Bluford III, former president of Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, share lessons in the hospital's efforts to transform health though close community engagement.

MFA alumna Bulawayo's fiction stays close to home

Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo, MFA ‘10, spoke on campus DATE about her creative writing process and the influence of Cornell's MFA program on her work.

Latino students' role in the '69 Straight takeover

Ileana Durand ’72, a former student of Puerto Rican origin, recounted the role of Latino students in the 1969 takeover of Willard Straight Hall in a campus talk Nov. 20.

Iceland president: Green energy forges good business

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the president of Iceland, told a Cornell audience how his country remade itself from one of Europe’s poorest into one now financially and environmentally secure.

Iceland president honors Fiske Collection curator

During his two-day visit to campus, the president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, recognized a librarian with one of his country's highest honors.

New prize for African literature announced

The new Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature recognizes excellent writing in African languages and encourages translation from, between and into African languages.

Humanities inform civic debate, Abrams professor says

Humanist Geoffrey Harpham, the M.H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor, lectured on “The Pryvat Spyrit of America, from Dissent to Interpretation” Nov. 13.

Things to Do, Nov. 21-Dec. 5

Events at Cornell include a statewide student film festival, a book and CD release for J. Robert Lennon, and Cornell's annual all-campus traditional Thanksgiving feast.

President Skorton imparts 'things I've learned in Ithaca'

Local service clubs get President David Skorton's thanks for "four things."