Congress can change U.S. international food-aid programs to save lives without increasing taxpayer costs, Chris Barrett testified before a Senate committee on Oct. 19.
President Martha E. Pollack announced the recipients of Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowships, Weiss Provost Awards and Weiss Junior Fellows Award Oct. 20.
The North Campus residential expansion project is now in the early conceptual design phase. When finished, it will enable the university to house all first-year, sophomore and transfer students on campus while also accommodating future enrollment growth.
Rembrandt van Rijn’s art and artistic practice have fascinated scholars and collectors for centuries. His printmaking methods, and prints from across hiscareer, are revealed as an inspirational resource for research and teaching in a new exhibition of his etchings at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
Cornell dedicated the Breazzano Family Center for Business Education Oct. 18 with a festive reception. Located in Collegetown, the state-of-the-art building dramatically expands the teaching capacity of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.
Open to the public, the fourth annual Town-Gown Resource Fair will be held Oct. 27, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at the Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga (TST) BOCES campus, 555 Warren Rd, Ithaca.
As of Oct. 18, giving to the Cornell United Way campaign had reached more than $215,000, or nearly 29 percent of the goal of raising $750,000 by the time the campaign ends, Nov. 30.
Events on campus include films about the Voyager mission and The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper;” a musical version of Homer’s “Odyssey,” Science on Tap with Mason Peck on accessible space travel; and a talk on medieval images of the heavens with author and art historian Benjamin Anderson.