Events this week include 'The Red Shoes' at Cornell Cinema, an event for Bob Dylan's 70th birthday, a conference on art and technology and the Mayfest chamber music festival.
Ted Thoren, who led his teams baseball and football teams to more wins than any Cornell coach in a decades-long, storied career, died in Ithaca at age 89. (May 11, 2011)
The groundbreaking for the $105 million project to renovate Stocking Hall was celebrated with a scoops and ice cream, instead of the traditional shovels and dirt, May 9 at the Cornell Livestock Pavilion. (May 10, 2011)
Arthur Laurents '37, a reigning figure on Broadway and in Hollywood for six decades for his work on such productions as 'West Side Story' and 'The Way We Were,' died May 5. He was 93. (May 10, 2011)
The Cornell robot Ranger set a new world record May 2 by walking 40.5 miles on a single battery charge without stopping or being touched. (May 10, 2011)
The Cornell Child Care Center received top scores and accreditation from early education's highest national mark of quality, the National Association for the Education of Young Children. (May 10, 2011)
When 11-year-old Olivia Bouler published her self-illustrated book 'Olivia's Birds, Saving the Gulf' last month, she decided to kick off her book tour at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology April 2. (May 10, 2011)
Glenn Evans, the new director of agricultural operations for the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, has sustainability as one of his primary goals. (May 10, 2011)
Cornell has simplified its parking permit structure and is changing its parking rates to meet changing user needs, promote sustainable commuting practices, and meet the costs of parking maintenance. (May 10, 2011)
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Laura Brown has announced that faculty members Kora Bättig von Wittelsbach, Antonio DiTommaso, Michel Louge and Mark Wysocki have been chosen for the 2011 Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial…
Cornell researchers have developed a quick, inexpensive way to detect rotavirus, the most common cause of severe diarrhea that kills a half million people a year, mostly infants and young children. (May 9, 2011)
Bringing together scientists from Cornell and elsewhere, the symposium will cover a wide range of applications, from cell culture to de-icing. (May 9, 2011)
