"Things Fall Apart" is bringing people together. Nearly 5,000 students from 59 high schools in 17 New York counties and New York City will read Chinua Achebe's masterful novel "Things Fall Apart" as part of a statewide pilot program coordinated through Cornell Cooperative Extension and the 2005 New Student Reading Project at Cornell. In addition, 24,000 Cornell alumni from 31 class years also will join what has become an annual rite of passage for incoming freshman and transfer students at Cornell.
Cornell will receive $25 million from the state's Gen*NY*sis biotechnology economic development program as a major share of the cost of constructing the university's Life Science Technology Building.
The Sept. 20 Stephen E. Garner Day of Caring at Stewart Park kicked off the United Way of Tompkins County campaign and organized goods from the food, personal care and school supplies drives. (Sept. 22, 2011)
The library needs an upgrade to meet the scholarship demands of a modern university and to resolve serious life-safety and environmental problems. If the plan is approved, work tentatively could start in two years. (March 14, 2007)
A study shows how a positive outlook can reduce the suffering of chronic pain; another how it eases the potentially devastating effects of being widowed. Both are published in Psychology and Aging. (Jan. 26, 2011)
Mark Weinberger presented the 33rd annual Hatfield Lecture, "Going Long: Leadership Strategies for a Volatile World," Sept. 17 in Statler Auditorium, to a packed audience of students, faculty and alumni.
The Class of 2019 is entering one of the most extraordinary times in human history, William S. Nye ’77 – better known as Bill Nye the Science Guy – told graduates at Senior Convocation, urging them to stay optimistic as they tackle unparalleled challenges.
Juan Hinestroza, assistant professor of textiles and apparel at Cornell University, has won a James D. Watson Investigator Award for $200,000 over two years from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research to develop nanofibers capable of filtering out viruses, bacteria and hazardous nanoparticles. (November 29, 2005)
For help designing the College of Human Ecology's newest community space, college leaders turned to a team of in-house experts: 10 senior interior design students. (Sept. 25, 2012)