Astronaut Mae Jemison, M.D. '81, spoke on campus April 12 at the induction ceremony for the McNair scholars program, which prepares students from disadvantaged backgrounds for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities.
Where once the Colorado River flowed with 5 trillion gallons of water into its verdant delta at the Gulf of California, that gush has trickled to zero. Cornell and Paleontological Research Institution researchers gathered baseline samples to understand the delta’s ecological profile.
Performing Arts for Social Change, a program of the Center for Transformative Action, uses theater to help empower people to express themselves and stage their stories.
Ezra Cornell and his wife, Daphne, hosted the 59th annual service recognition dinner, April 7 at Bartels Hall, recognizing 332 long-serving staff members who were celebrating a fifth-year anniversary of 25 years or more.
Events on campus this week include free concerts and a Thai festival in Willard Straight Hall, a roundtable on genocide in Rwanda, a sustainability research panel and a talk on math and magic.
Five doctoral candidates and one postdoctoral associate at Cornell were recently inducted into the Cornell chapter of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.
Forget the Florida foolishness. So long, sand and sun. Cornell students traveled the concrete world of Manhattan’s Upper West Side to spend their own spring break at the Goddard Riverside Community Center.
