Scholars considered the influence of new perspectives in Africana studies and 'narratives that haven't been told yet' at the Africana Center's 40th anniversary conference April 17. (April 19, 2010)
Peter Adamson, professor of ancient and medieval philosophy at King's College London, said Muslims saved civilization by translating and studying Greek texts.
On April 17, the Cornell Big Red Marching Band and athletes celebrated its successful season on the Ithaca Commons, and the city of Ithaca officially declared the day 'Big Red Day in Ithaca, N.Y.' (April 19, 2010)
The Cornell International Affairs Society and its 80 members hosted 500 high school students April 15-18 for the ninth annual Cornell University Model United Nations Conference. (April 19, 2010)
April 17 marked the 15th anniversary for the spring concert of Last Call, an all-male a cappella group on campus. The event drew alumni to celebrate and perform together. (April 19, 2010)
Fifty seniors, funded by the Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars program, discussed their undergraduate research projects at the annual Senior Expo April 14. (April 19, 2010)
Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have designed a new class of drugs that targets a master regulatory protein responsible for causing the most common type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (April 16, 2010)
President David Skorton will present the 'Partners in Sustainability Award' to NYSERDA, a state agency with a long record of support for energy innovation and conservation, in a ceremony April 21. (April 16, 2010)
A new book by Human Ecology Professor Emeritus Roger Battistella argues that health care reform as envisioned by the current administration will fail. (April 16, 2010)
David C. Knapp, a former Cornell provost and dean who guided the College of Human Ecology through an extensive reorganization, died of complications from diabetes April 13 in Massachusetts. He was 82. (April 16, 2010)
