Cornell has once again been recognized as an adoption-friendly workplace, according to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoptive Parents, placing second among educational institutions.
Events this week include a Science Cabaret program on hard cider and flavor chemistry, "Tarnation" director Jonathan Caouette, and visiting scholar Afrika Bambaataa playing vinyl from his archive.
The Institute for Archaeology and Material Studies will provide a new overarching structure for archaeology-related teaching and research across several disciplines at Cornell.
Author Michael Pollan described his journey as a writer about food and nature, beginning with his first book about gardening, April 27 in the Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture.
A collaboration of researchers from engineering and fiber science has yielded a promising new polymer that could change the way textiles achieve oleophobicity, the ability to repel oils.
Tower Road will be closed from Garden Avenue to the Plant Science Building, June 8-Aug. 19, for a utilities and safety improvements project. Parking impacts will be minimal.
In the first event of Cornell Botanic Gardens’ Fall Lecture Series, author Kathryn Aalto on Sept. 12 will discuss her book, “The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest That Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood.”
Fifty-five Cornell graduates have joined the incoming Teach for America corps of 5,900 individuals this year, making Cornell the eighth-biggest contributor of new teachers this year among top colleges and universities of its size.
Gavriel Shapiro, professor of comparative and Russian literature, will talk about his new book about the unusual harmony between Vladimir Nabokov and his father April 10 at 4:45 p.m. in in 106G Olin Library.
In the late 19th century, Cornell students enjoyed visually striking class lectures and extracurricular talks thanks to lantern slides – 4-by-3.25-inch projected glass slides that illustrated all subjects.