Cornell President Hunter Rawlings will be part of a select group of university presidents participating at the U.S. University Presidents' Summit in Washington, D.C., in January. Rawlings was invited to attend by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, who are hosting the summit. (December 13, 2005)
A two-day film symposium will celebrate the late professor Robert Ascher’s contributions to visual anthropology, film and animation April 17-18. The event is free and open to the public.
The Cornell law professor has expertise in the Middle East, northern Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. The Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East was formerly called the Clarke Middle East Fund. (Jan. 12, 2009)
The Cornell Undergraduate Information Competency Initiative held its summer institute May 24-28 to help faculty members develop new ways to improve student research skills in their classes. (June 3, 2010)
Architecture students are helping the Cornell Fashion Collective work through a budget shortfall by designing and constructing the set for this year's runway show, April 28 in Barton Hall. (April 19, 2012)
Like many of the 16 new Cornell students in the room with her, Robin Davisson first read "The Great Gatsby" in high school. On re-reading the book, she found she had something in common with the students, as well as with F. Scott…
Brian Crane, Barbara Crawford, Rui Hai Liu and Rosemary Stevens have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society.
The Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate is continuing its campus outreach, evaluations and other efforts as the spring semester begins to draw to a close.
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Twenty-four undergraduates from Cornell University are spending this summer interning with community-based organizations serving New York City's poorest children and families. And an additional nine Cornell graduate students are collaborating with agencies serving the city's poor. Members of the media are invited to attend a public forum at the Cornell Club in New York City on Wednesday, July 23, from 5 to 7 p.m., during which students participating in this year's Cornell Urban Scholars Program will discuss the results of their summer internship placements and collaborative research activities. The club is at 6 E. 44th St. (near Grand Central Station). (July 17, 2003)