If your Pentium II or Pentium Pro computer runs noticeably faster than earlier models, you might want to send a thank-you note to Hwa C. Torng, Cornell professor of electrical engineering.
Topics to be discussed at the School of Criticism and Theory, June 15 to July 24, will range from torture, disbelief, espionage, sovereignty and responsibility to modern jazz, experimental art, the lyric and bilingualism. (April 8, 2008)
Two European video and digital art experts will deliver guest lectures on the Cornell Oct. 2 and 3 in conjunction with the new Cornell Graduate Program in Film and Video Studies.
James Siena '79 reflected on his Cornell years, life before the Internet and his development as an artist at an April 16 lecture at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. (April 20, 2010)
Messages on making schools safer and healthier are going coast to coast starting Nov. 5, when Cornell students began a cross-country bus tour conducting outreach projects along the way. (Nov. 5, 2012)
President David Skorton delivered Cornell's 143rd commencement May 29, welcoming about 6,000 new graduates to the global Cornell family. (May 29, 2011)
The artistic student lifestyle publication Awkward presented its latest edition as an event at the Johnson Museum, complete with original music, fashion and food created around 13 concepts. (Feb. 28, 2008)
It's all well and good to discuss the importance of the humanities and their place in the scheme of things. But exactly what are the humanities? If you find yourself bereft of a ready answer, you're in pretty good company. Many humanist scholars themselves are unsure of the mix. The humanities are not a unified domain but represent a broad range of disciplines loosely classed under the rubric "liberal arts."
The move of the Johnson Graduate School of Management into its new location in Cornell's venerable Sage Hall marks a milestone in adaptive reuse of historic buildings. The project team was led by The Hillier Group of Princeton, N.J.
This “Rise and Fall of ‘Civilization’” class, taught by Professor Adam T. Smith, examines traditional archaeological topics, partly by looking at our current civilization and imagining the Cornell campus 1,000 years from now.