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.
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)
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)
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…
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)
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)
Building on the hire of five new faculty members including four senior scholars, the Africana Studies and Research Center has added courses ranging from the politics of hip-hop to black feminists theories. (April 30, 2009)
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.
Jared Genser '95 founded Freedom Now to release prisoners of conscience around the world and has won the freedom of five prisoners from China, Vietnam, Burma, Pakistan and Egypt. (Dec. 8, 2009)
Cornell is taking a leading role in the country's first National Geothermal Academy, expected to launch this summer with an intensive training program. (Jan. 12, 2011)