Sportscaster, writer, news anchor, political commentator and Cornell alumnus Keith Olbermann '79 visited campus March 27-30, meeting with students and giving a public talk in Bailey Hall. (March 30, 2011)
Alice Fulton, the Ann S. Bowers Professor of English, is one of eight recipients to receive the 2011 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. The award will be presented to her in May. (March 29, 2011)
Three English M.F.A. alumni have earned praise for their first novels. Two of the authors, Tea Obreht and Alexi Zentner, both M.F.A. '09, will give a joint reading April 4 at the Cornell Store. (March 29, 2011)
Professor Mary Beth Norton will discuss her new book, 'Separated by Their Sex: Women in Public and Private in the Colonial Atlantic World,' April 1 at 2:30 p.m. in the Cornell Store Book Department. (March 29, 2011)
Professor David Feldshuh will develop a training model for teachers based on performance techniques, as a Menschel Distinguished Teaching Fellow working with the Center for Teaching Excellence. (March 24, 2011)
Janis Whitlock shared three personal stories to illustrate the use of fear, courage and hope in a well-lived life March 17 at Soup and Hope in Sage Chapel. (March 23, 2011)
Effective June 1, Cornell's former president will lead the Association of American Universities, an organization of 63 leading public and private research universities in the United States and Canada. (March 21, 2011)
Cornell has submitted an expression of interest proposal to New York City to create a new applied sciences and engineering research center and campus in the Big Apple.
President David Skorton talked about faculty hiring, today's college experience and his Los Angeles-area roots at a March 14 event for Cornellians at Fox Studios in L.A.
