Fifteen university employees, gathered around a table at the Statler Hotel May 15, caught an early glimpse of what the administration of President-elect David Skorton might mean for Cornell staff.
Early in a luncheon, hosted by…
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. in Sage Chapel for David Meng, 19, an undergraduate student at Cornell University, who died Dec. 10 in Ithaca. The Rev. Rick L. Bair, pastor of St. Luke Lutheran Church and minister in Cornell United Religious Work, will preside.
Events on campus this week include, for cat lovers, Feline Follies and an Internet Cat Video Festival; recent foreign films, Barry Strauss on Julius Caesar's assassination, and Pao Bhangra XIV.
Rex Nettleford, professor of continuing studies, head of the Trade Union Education Institute and deputy vice chancellor of the University of the West Indies, will present three lectures on the theme "Cultural Identity and Development: A Caribbean Perspective," as Cornell's Fall 1997 Messenger Lecturer.
Daniel R. Alonso, dean of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar since its 2001 inception, announced his retirement effective Jan. 1 2009. Deputy Dean Javaid Sheikh will take over as interim dean. (Sept. 17, 2008)
Troy Donahue, a American teen heartthrob from the '60s, will play Harry MacAfee, a father whose life is disrupted by teen idol Conrad Birdie, in the 1998 national tour of Bye Bye Birdie, at Cornell's Statler Auditorium on Feb. 28 at 8 p.m.
Cornell President David Skorton read the Gettysburg Address and spoke of the power of oratory in persuading people, Sept. 6, at a kickoff event for Educate the Vote, Cornell's fall election series. (Sept. 8, 2008)
A theory advanced by a Cornell theoretical physicist to link two 'broken symmetries' in a high-temperature superconductor has been verified by experiment, a step toward better superconductors. (July 21, 2011)
Cornell Information Technologies has launched a campaign to spread 'digital literacy' - the ability to find, evaluate, utilize and create information using digital technology. (Dec. 14, 2009)