When galaxies collide (as our galaxy, the Milky Way, eventually will with the nearby Andromeda galaxy), what happens to matter that gets spun off in the collision's wake? With help from the Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared spectrograph, Cornell astronomers are beginning to piece together an answer to that question. (November 30, 2005)
Provost Kent Fuchs outlined plans for fewer faculty, more students and a five-year strategic plan that will tie together goals for the institution, academics and the budget.
A conference titled "Hollywood vs. Babelsberg: Nazi Entertainment Films" on Saturday, Jan. 27, at Cornell will explore the politics of film in the Third Reich within the broader context of an emerging entertainment industry.
Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, is guest speaker for the Johnson Graduate School of Management's Park Leadership Series, Tuesday, March 6, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Barnes Hall auditorium.
Albert Einstein played the violin. Werner Heisenberg was a distinguished pianist. Richard Feynman played ... well, the bongos. But you get the idea.
Music and physics seem like disciplines on the opposite ends of a spectrum. One,…
Author and poet Peter Balakian will speak on 'The Armenian Genocide and Inter-Generational Transmission of Trauma,' Oct. 27, at 4:30 p.m. in Kaufmann Auditorium.
'You are the unsung heroes and heroines of our society,' media star Katie Couric, co-anchor of NBC's 'Today' show, said in a moving speech to doctors and other health-care professionals gathered to discuss crucial updates and issues in gastrointestinal cancers.
Marilyn Tebor Shaw '76 and a group of six other volunteers are working to ensure that nomadic Kenyan children who hunger for an education are able to get one. (March 27, 2007)
Cornell has received two grants totaling $1 million to expand the John S. Knight Writing Program, which seeks to improve student writing and the teaching of writing.