An exhibit of four boulders with oak trees growing out of them are on loan indefinitely from New York City's Museum of Jewish Heritage -- A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.
Five current and former university presidents and a Stanford scholar will meet to assess the nature and value of diversity on American campuses at a July 30 symposium at Cornell University organized by the Future of Minority Studies Research Project (FMS), an academic think tank and research team composed of scholars from more than 25 campuses in the United States and abroad.
Astronomers led by Cornell research associate Lei Hao find new evidence of a dusty torus surrounding active galactic nuclei. The evidence, published in the June 1 issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters, supports the unified theory of active galactic nuclei.
Letters, first drafts and more from James Joyce's formative years as a writer are going on display after years in the Cornell University Library vaults, in "From Dublin to Ithaca: Cornell's James Joyce Collection." The exhibition opens June 9 and continues through Oct. 12 in the Hirshland Exhibition Gallery in Carl A. Kroch Library.
Kenneth Evett, painter and professor emeritus of art at Cornell University, died May 28 in Ithaca. He was 91. A prolific painter, he exhibited in national group shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Given the monumental task of completing the most ambitious project in Cornell's history -- the $650 million New Life Sciences Initiative -- it makes sense that decision makers would want all the help they could get. One unique source of wisdom comes from the External Life Sciences Advisory Council, a blue-ribbon team of five scientific leaders from prominent institutions around the country. With insights on advances in the sciences, the team has the expertise to address subject areas within the biological sciences offered at Cornell. They also complement a local Cornell faculty group, the Internal Life Sciences Advisory Council.
The Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory at Cornell is hosting an open house, Saturday, June 11, from 1 to 4 p.m. to celebrate the 2005 World Year of Physics. Featured will be entertaining and educational activities for visitors of all ages, and everyone is welcome. The open house is one of a series of events marking the World Year of Physics, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's revolutionary scientific breakthroughs in the year 1905.
A new Cornell study finds that it is primarily people whose ancestors came from places where dairy herds could be raised safely and economically, such as in Europe, who have developed the ability to digest milk. (June 1, 2005)
Dr. Richard Coico has been named vice provost for inter-campus affairs, Cornell Provost Biddy Martin has announced. This is a joint appointment with the university's Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. His term began April 15, 2005, and will continue through June 30, 2010. Coico also will have a faculty appointment at the medical college as professor of microbiology and immunology education.
What would Cornell Reunion Weekend be without video portraits of the lives of graduates from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) by videographers Phil and Maddy Handler?
Reaching into its archives, Cornell University is dusting off the original printing plate of the 1933 bachelor of landscape architecture degree to issue one more diploma. It is for Ruth Shellhorn, 96, whose storied career as a landscape architect encompassed bringing to life Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom. A noted landscape architect, Shellhorn, who attended Cornell in the early 1930s, wasn't available to attend the festivities of this year's Commencement Weekend ceremonies, May 28-29, in Ithaca. Instead, she will receive her diploma on June 4 at a special dinner in the Los Angeles area.
After the widespread flooding in various areas of New York state in April, mold is growing in many homes and could be prompting allergies and asthma-type symptoms and other health problems in otherwise healthy people, say Cornell University housing experts.
