Humans have explored the Earth; now it's time to colonize the moon and establish a human presence on Mars, said University of Hawaii planetary scientist Jeff Taylor in a public lecture Oct. 12. (Oct. 15, 2008)
A celebration Oct. 8 recognized a new partnership between Cornell and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Two scientists will stay in Bethe House each year to meet with faculty and students. (Oct. 15, 2008)
Jonathan Kirshner, professor of government, talked about rebuilding the economy at a House Professor's Tea, Jan. 29, on West Campus. The teas give students venues to speak casually with professors. (Feb. 1, 2010)
The Cornell Board of Trustees recently elected two new at-large trustees, two new trustee fellows, and it re-elected three at-large members, one member from the field of labor and three fellows. Board members also welcomed two new alumni-elected trustees, one new faculty-elected trustee and one new student-elected trustee.
Astronomers from Cornell's Arecibo Observatory radio telescope have detected the molecules methanimine and hydrogen cyanide -- two ingredients that build life-forming amino acids -- in a galaxy some 250 light years away. (Jan. 14, 2008)
Karlton E. Hester and Roberto Sierra, members of the Cornell music faculty, have been selected as American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Award recipients.
On June 11, Provost Kent Fuchs announced that English Professor Laura Brown will succeed Michele Moody-Adams, July 1, as vice provost for undergraduate education.
Four undergraduates and two staff leaders spent a week dogsledding, camping and skiing in northern Minnesota on a Cornell Outdoor Education trip in early January. (March 7, 2012)
Two educators discussed anti-sexism, masculinity, the role of violence in male culture and related issues March 9 in Call Auditorium in the third of a series of community forum events held on campus. (March 14, 2011)