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Cornell Solar Decathlon team erects its house under <br />pressure in D.C. as competition looms

Two years of design work, fundraising and construction have come down to the wire for Cornell's Solar Decathlon team, as students scramble to finish outfitting their house on the National Mall. (Oct. 11, 2007)

Shakespeare, please, with double mozzarella

In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Professor Molly Hite writes about why Shakespeare classes are flourishing at Cornell and at peer institutions. (Oct. 11, 2007)

Library catalogs archive of one of first groups to represent professional women

Cornell's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections has completed cataloging the archives of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, one of the first national organizations to represent professional women. (Oct. 11, 2007)

A house fit for a president

Cornell's first president, Andrew Dickson White, builds an esthetically pleasing presidential mansion. (Oct. 11, 2007)

Golding hails new era of town-gown cooperation with <br />$20 million CU investment in Ithaca, Tompkins County

Cornell plans to invest $20 million over the next decade in the Ithaca and Tompkins County communities, said Executive Vice President Stephen Golding, speaking at Ithaca Rotary Club, Oct. 10. (Oct. 10, 2007)

Jesus viewed as a 'radical political critic' by scholar and author Marcus Borg

Author and scholar Marcus Borg talks about his view of Jesus in an interview with the Chronicle. Borg will deliver the Sage Chapel Homecoming service, Oct. 14, on 'The Surprising and Subversive Jesus.' (Oct. 10, 2007)

Catch sold-out Salman Rushdie reading on closed-circuit TV

A live broadcast of the upcoming reading by author Salman Rushdie will be available on a first-come, first-served basis Thursday, Oct. 18, at 8 p.m. in 233 Plant Science Building. (Oct. 10, 2007)

Author David Leavitt to speak on math, fiction and obsession with numbers

It's not every day that mathematicians and fiction writers invite each other to their respective department colloquia. But math, says author David Leavitt, is at its heart an art form. (Oct. 10, 2007)

Architect O.M. Ungers dies at age 81

Oswald Mathias (O.M.) Ungers, an inspirational educator and influential architect who brought international recognition to Cornell's Department of Architecture as its chair from 1969-75, died Sept. 30 in Germany. (Oct. 10, 2007)

Alumni of color gather at Cornell Mosaic@Atlanta

Mosaic@Atlanta, a conference of Asian-American, African-American, Hispanic and Native American Cornell alumni, faculty, students and staff, was held Sept. 28 in Atlanta. (Oct. 10, 2007)

Bridging Worlds right here in Ithaca

'Bridging Worlds' -- the theme of the His Holiness the Dalai Lama's three public talks in Ithaca -- is more than a concept for Cornell organizers and volunteers involved with these events. (Oct. 10, 2007)

Dalai Lama preaches message of peace and compassion to sold-out campus audience

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism told an audience of about 5,000 people in Barton Hall Oct. 9 that world peace begins with individuals finding their own inner peace. (Oct. 9, 2007)