Ithaca fire displaces students, destroys Chapter House pub

An early morning fire on the 400 block of Stewart Avenue in Ithaca displaced 44 Cornell students and two staff members. No injuries were reported in connection with the incident. The fire is under investigation.

Scholar leads talk on 'black lives matter' movement

Activist, scholar and writer Barbara Ransby led a community conversation April 8 about the state of the current civil rights movement in the U.S., including the "black lives matter" push.

Students can 'teach, learn anything' at Splash! event

Splash! at Cornell on April 18 will offer more than 100 courses for middle and high school students in one day, all taught by Cornell students - everything from hip-hop to history.

Bird’s-eye view of NYC for Architecture, Art and Planning

The College of Architecture, Art and Planning’s New York City program has moved into a new space in the Standard Oil Building, a historic landmark overlooking lower Manhattan.

Vonnegut's anti-war novel chosen for reading project

This fall, freshmen and new transfer students will read the classic Kurt Vonnegut Jr. '44 novel "Slaughterhouse-Five," the 2015 choice for the New Student Reading Project.

May 9 conference to inaugurate Institute for Pale Blue Dots

Learn about planets beyond our solar system, far-flung missions and possible life in the cosmos at “(un)Discovered Worlds,” a one-day Cornell University space sciences conference May 9 to inaugurate the new Institute for Pale Blue Dots.

Cornell to offer two classes with Congolese university

Cornell University will partner with the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Eben-Ezer University of Minembwe to offer two virtual courses, one on peace building and another on African disease patterns.

Panel to examine U.S. family detention of refuge seekers

Panelists will discuss a national effort being organized by lawyers and activists to end the practice of family detention of refuge seekers in a panel discussion on campus April 16.

As end of United Way campaign nears, goal remains unmet

As of March 28, the university had reached $752,772, or 92 percent, of its $815,000 goal. There is still time to make a difference in the lives of people in the local area by pledging to the campaign.