Andrew D. White, first president of Cornell University, was a bookish man -- a scholar who knew, loved and collected books. Though the university's founder, Ezra Cornell, was not bookish, he appreciated the value and necessity of assembling a proper library for the students and faculty of the university that was to bear his name.
Weill Hall, which will be dedicated Oct. 16, marks a giant leap toward advancing Cornell's leadership nationally and internationally in the genomics-led science revolution.
Events on campus this week include an exhibit on early Cornell women scientists, the first Bound for Glory and Department of Music concerts of the season, the start of salsa lessons and a lecture on race and crime.
From disappearing frogs and Alaskan fisheries to Gypsy herbs and West African deforestation, filmmakers will talk about their artistic visions at the third annual Environmental Film Festival Oct. 22-28.
The walls are up, the roof is on and the summer crew of Cornell's Solar Decathlon Team is working hard to finish its fully functional, self-sufficient, solar-powered house. Scheduled for completion by the end of June, the only solar-powered house from an Ivy League school to enter the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) international Solar Decathlon competition will be moved to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in time for the Oct. 7 to 16 competition.
Marcia Pappas, president of the N.Y. chapter of the National Organization of Women, was one of four panelists discussing sexism in the workplace as part of the International Women's Day celebration March 11. (March 20, 2009)
Alan H. Guth, the Victor F. Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be the Hans A. Bethe Lecturer at Cornell University. Guth will give a free, public lecture.
The Latino Studies Program at Cornell is welcoming two prominent guest speakers in October and is celebrating Latino Heritage Month with its annual Unity Dinner.
Native American writer Sherman Alexie discussed his experiences growing up on a reservation with humor and insight in his Olin Lecture, March 6 in Cornell's Statler Auditorium. (March 11, 2009)
The fences are up; the orange-vested workers are gathering. Construction for the future home of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Physics, and Applied and Engineering Physics has officially begun. (Sept. 24, 2007)