Events on campus this week include music of the Irish-American experience from Solas, a book talk on Abraham Lincoln's rhetorical power, a Glee Club collaborative concert and new foreign films.
The College of Architecture, Art and Planning welcomed the famed distance runner and humanitarian with a reception Dec. 14 that also launched the Growing Up in Nairobi program and a planning and architecture studio.
Events this week include a climate rally, talks and films on climate change; a play depicting a soccer team’s coming of age; and a celebration of Korean language and culture.
Events this week include Homecoming, a lecture on black women writers and the war on terror, a talk by Mathew Knowles, the Biennial and Jurassic World in 3D.
University officials expressed deep concern for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who was shot and seriously wounded Jan. 8 outside a grocery store in Tucson as she met with constituents. (Jan. 9, 2011)
Artist Leo Villareal's light installation at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art will give viewers a constantly changing experience from vantage points on campus and the city of Ithaca. (Oct. 18, 2012)
The inauguration of Cornell’s 13th president, Elizabeth Garrett, is set for Friday, Sept. 18. The installation ceremony will take place on the Arts Quad at 10 a.m., followed by a communitywide picnic on the Ag Quad.
Cornell undergraduates joined 200,000 green advocates to parade down Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue for the Peoples Climate March April 29 – in sultry heat – to advocate for rescuing the world from environmental deterioration.
Twenty students, faculty and staff members in Cornell’s contract colleges have won State University of New York Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence for 2014.