Following on the heels of a similar discussion 24 hours earlier, another group of panelists met Feb. 19 to speculate on the rationale behind Israel's military actions against the Palestinian territory of Gaza. (Feb. 23, 2009)
More than 200 faculty members gathered Sept. 16 to talk with President David Skorton and Provost Kent Fuchs about the university's strategic planning process.
William Kennedy returned to Cornell Nov. 1 to give the fifth James McConkey Reading in American Fiction to a large and appreciative audience, in sharp contrast to his first visit to campus. (Nov. 5, 2007)
Playwright Christopher Durang will be among the participants in the symposium 'Wendy Wasserstein: An Uncommon Woman,' Feb. 23-25 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. (Feb. 20, 2007)
Associate Professor Amy Villarejo spoke on 'TV Time, or Thughts on TV' at the Society for the Humanities annual invitational lecture Feb. 15. (Feb. 20, 2007)
The first in a series of articles about the four-decade legacy of the 36-hour student takeover of Willard Straight Hall that began April 18, 1969. (April 16, 2009)
David Macdonald, head of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at Oxford University, will deliver a public lecture in April during his first visit to Cornell as an Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large.
Applications for admission to Cornell for fall 1996 have reached the third-highest level in the institution's history, a 2 percent increase over last year. Applications from underrepresented minority groups, with the exception of Native Americans, also increased over last year to be at or near the highest levels for these groups in the past decade, reports Donald A. Saleh, Cornell acting dean of admissions and financial aid.