With moments of silence and the tolling of chimes, the Cornell community solemnly observed the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people, including 21 alumni.
Five doctoral candidates were inducted into the Cornell chapter of the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, which recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education.
Cornell President Martha E. Pollack will deliver the annual President’s Address to Staff Oct. 9, noon-1 p.m., in the Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall.
Ian Owens, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s deputy director, has been named the next executive director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. He will take the helm of the 106-year-old institution on July 1.
A yearlong celebration of Cornell's women’s studies program, now Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies (FGSS), as well as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) activism and advocacy on campus is planned "to stimulate intellectual debate in a manner that advances social change."
With 26 apple-based entries, the Cornell Orchards Store at 709 Dryden Road, Ithaca, will hold its inaugural Apple Bake-off Nov. 3 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to benefit the United Way of Tompkins County.
Ella Maria Diaz, associate professor of Latina/o studies and English in the College of Arts and Sciences, examines the life and work of vanguard Chicano artist, poet, professor and activist José Montoya in her new book.
Journalists Sonia Nazario, Nadja Drost and Molly O'Toole shared stories of their work covering immigration and national security during a Dec. 1 on-campus event.
Cornell's Adult University invites alumni, their friends and family, and the general public to expand their minds this summer by taking live, online courses for adults and youth taught by Cornell faculty and graduate students.
The Technology and Law Colloquium – a hybrid Cornell University course and public lecture series – returns this semester with talks from 13 leading scholars who study the legal and ethical questions surrounding technology’s impact in areas like privacy, sex and gender, data collection, and policing.