Wrongful convictions occur for a number of reasons, but Cornell research is showing how to address some of those factors and lead to more accurate verdicts, according to a Charter Day Weekend panel.
With gifted oratory, scientific insight and humor, Cornell icons Steve Squyres ’78, Ph.D. ’81, and Bill Nye ’77 fired their main engines and launched the “idea” portion of the university’s Charter Day Weekend festival.
Fantastic sights, sounds and tastes were offered in abundance at a birthday party that was a feast for the senses Friday night at Barton Hall celebrating Cornell’s sesquicentennial.
Cornell opened its sesquicentennial Charter Day Weekend in downtown Ithaca, rather than on campus, in a celebration of the university's strong relationship with the community.
College of Human Ecology students tied dozens of red ribbons on trees lining East Avenue, Tower Road and the Arts Quad, signaling the start of this weekend’s sesquicentennial celebration.
Despite stubborn temperatures still in the low 30s, Cornell Dairy’s official sesquicentennial ice cream, “Sweet CORNell,” debuted Friday morning at the Dairy Bar.
Shawkat Toorawa led student, faculty and guest poets in sharing verse from New York City, the Near East and other cultures at a "Poetry and Pastry" Sesquicentennial event at the Johnson Museum.
The charter of Cornell University includes a remarkable statement: "And persons of every religious denomination, or of no religious denomination, shall be equally eligible to all offices and appointments."
