Hip-hop collector, historian and author Johan Kugelberg praised the leadership of Cornell librarians during a Library Salon, held Oct. 6 at the Union League Club in New York City. (Oct. 8, 2009)
President Hunter Rawlings issued this statement on Sept. 13: We have just learned that President Bush has designated this Friday, Sept. 14, 2001, as a national day of prayer and remembrance for the victims of 9/11.
Journalists Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn '81 discussed how the economic empowerment of women is the best strategy for fighting poverty worldwide in a talk April 29 on campus. (May 4, 2010)
The panel discussion, 'Gaza in Crisis,' brought a full-to-capacity audience and passionate debate to Goldwin Smith Hall's Lewis Auditorium Feb. 18. (Feb. 19, 2009)
Architect Peter Eisenman '56 made his debut as a visiting Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor with three days of events including a public lecture on his Holocaust memorial project in Germany. (Feb. 18, 2009)
Cornell senior Pisut Wisessing expresses the beauty and wonder of mathematical equations in a project he produced at Cornell for a film animation course. (Sept. 24, 2007)
On Aug. 21, at 3:30 p.m., more than 3,500 first-year and transfer students are scheduled to gather in Barton Hall for an interactive faculty presentation on Chinua Achebe's masterpiece 'Things Fall Apart.'
Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel spoke of faith, hope, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the power of children, and the value of memory and 'bearing witness' in a talk April 29. (April 30, 2010)
David Harris, deputy provost and vice provost for the social sciences at Cornell, will present a discussion on poverty and inequality, 'Opportunity 101: What Affects Access,' June 18 in New York City. (June 12, 2008)
To see how research can serve the public in urban and rural areas, the undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture turned to Cornell Cooperative Extension in New York City, Sept. 25. (Sept. 28, 2009)