Professor-at-Large Toni Morrison, Cornell MFA '55, the 1993 Nobel laureate in literature and the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, 'Beloved,' will present a free and open lecture on literature and public life.
On May 6, Cornell presented the second Women of Color Roundtable as well as first Men of Color Roundtable. The women's theme was 'Building Bridges Across Difference'; the men's theme, 'Include and Connect.' (May 15, 2008)
Members of the Cornell Board of Trustees and University Council will arrive on campus Thursday, Oct. 22, for Cornell's annual Trustee/Council Weekend. The annual meeting of the 440-member council and a quarterly meeting of the trustees are scheduled on campus every fall.
The Cornell Fuel Cell Institute brings together an interdisciplinary team from eight faculty research groups to make fuel cells practical as an everyday source of clean energy. (May 14, 2008)
The Chronicle revisits a tragic Cornell fire that killed eight students and a professor 40 years ago in the off-campus Cornell Heights Residential Club. (April 4, 2007)
More than 90 percent of all businesses in this country are family businesses, which make them an integral part of the American economy. Strengthening these family firms will be the focus of the 1997 Chautauqua Family Business Conference: Growth and Transitioning, Monday, July 14.
Scott McMillin, Cornell professor of English, has been awarded the Sohmer-Hall Prize for outstanding work in early English theater and staging. McMillin shares the honor with Sally-Beth MacLean at the University of Toronto for collaboration on their book.
Edwin E. Salpeter, the James Gilbert White Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences at Cornell, has won the 1997 Crafoord Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday (May 28).
Steven B. Belkin, a Cornell alumnus, chairman and founder of Trans National Group, a Boston-based privately held corporation, and the principal owner of the professional sports teams the Atlanta Hawks and the Atlanta Thrashers, will be honored on Oct. 14-15, as Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2004.
Cornell researchers are playing an important role in yet another planetary space mission, this time to Saturn, the second largest planet in the solar system. On June 30 at approximately 10:30 p.m. EDT, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft will go into orbit around Saturn for an extensive tour.