The Institute for Computational Sustainability at Cornell, launched with a $10 million NSF grant, will apply computer science to problems in managing and allocating natural resources. (Sept. 3, 2008)
Reunion Weekend 2006 at Cornell, June 8-11, will welcome the "Classes of 1s and 6s" with a full slate of events for some 6,700 attendees, including family members, from classes ranging from 1931 to 2001.
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Cornell President Hunter Rawlings will preside over the university's 128th commencement on Sunday, May 26, at Schoellkopf Stadium at 11 a.m. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will present an address at Senior Convocation.
Prince Turki Al-Faisal, ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States from 2005 to 2007, traced the more than 80-year relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia in an April 23 lecture. (April 24, 2009)
Winners in Cornell's seventh annual Book Collection Contest include the owners of a book collection about interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and of a collection of Mark Strand publications.
The annual Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) community program to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. will be Monday, Jan. 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The program is free and open to the public. The 11th annual event will include a buffet luncheon, performances by local choirs and a keynote speech by Cornell President Jeffrey Lehman. (January 10, 2005)
Alan Renwick, a senior scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., located on the Cornell campus, will lecture in Marseille, France, Nov. 16, on how plant chemicals change the taste sensation for insects.
The Cornell Environmental Film Festival celebrates its fifth anniversary with more than 20 films exploring humanity's role in the natural world. The festival will run from Oct. 12 to Oct. 18.
Cornell cancer researchers have revealed the molecular structure of a protein complex believed to influence the malignant transformation of cells, setting the stage for development of unique tumor-blocking drugs.
Phil Krasicky, senior lecturer in physics, had alumni and their families spellbound over the wonders of physics in a hands-on demonstration during Reunion Weekend.