Slope Day, the annual event celebrating the last day of classes, spilled over Libe Slope May 6. The weather cooperated nicely, with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-60s. (May 6, 2011)
Armand Robert Henri Van Wambeke, age 84, professor emeritus of international soils whose automated land evaluation system was used around the world, died May 2 at Kendal at Ithaca. (May 5, 2011)
Professor, playwright and physician David Feldshuh looks back on his long tenure as founding artistic director of the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. (May 5, 2011)
Cornell professors Jon Kleinberg and Paul McEuen, and Weill Cornell professor Carl Nathan, M.D., are among 72 new members of the National Academy of Sciences, announced May 3. (May 5, 2011)
Two peer-oriented programs, Cornell Minds Matter and Empathy, Assistance and Referral Service, are finding new ways to help students cope with stress and access the resources and help they seek. (May 5, 2011)
The conference 'Literature and Criticism in the Public Sphere,' April 29-30 on campus was in honor of Professor Peter Hohendahl, who has announced his retirement. (May 5, 2011)
Law scholar Annelise Riles spoke about her new book, 'Collateral Knowledge: Legal Reasoning in the Global Financial Markets' in Myron Taylor Hall's Moot Court Room April 27. (May 5, 2011)