Artist James Turrell discussed his work to a full house at Alice Statler Auditorium Nov. 12, from his lifelong fascination with light to a 30-year project to transform an extinct volcano into an observatory. (Dec. 7, 2007)
Cheers and confetti helped celebrate the July 1 launch of KFS, a web-based, comprehensive suite of accounting software that replaces Cornell's decades-old, unsustainable mainframe financial systems. (July 1, 2011)
An important and far-ranging discussion on the humanities will take place on the Cornell campus May 9. Provost Biddy Martin is convening a group of faculty and academic administrators for a round-table discussion on the state of the humanities at Cornell and on a national level.
An archive of golf course plans and other materials spanning the 70-year career of famous course designer Robert Trent Jones '30 has found a home at Cornell University Library. (Dec. 7, 2010)
Events on campus this week include student documentary film screenings, a concert premiere by graduate composer Taylan Cihan, and a talk on hydrofracking by energy policymaker John Deutch. (May 3, 2012)
Experts in ecology, landscape architecture and horticulture will join staff members of Cornell Plantations April 13 at Pennsylvania's Longwood Gardens for a day-long exploration of the "living museum" and "classroom without walls" that embraces one of the nation's most beautiful college campuses.
Cornell University experts predict that the 103rd dragon spawned on campus will emerge from its lair Thursday, March 18, and they have issued a dragon warning and road-closure alert. Vehicular access to central campus will be restricted from 12:30 to approximately 3:30 p.m. Buses could be rerouted or delayed when the dragon emerges from its lair in Rand Hall at approximately 1 p.m. The dragon will travel east on University Avenue, then south on East Avenue, then west on Campus Road. It will lumber through Ho Plaza and enter the Arts Quad, between Uris and Olin libraries, before proceeding to the south side of Rand Hall. (March 15, 2004)
Cornell will host an open house on Oct. 15 on campus for prospective freshman students at two of its New York state contract colleges - the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR.)
The Cornell Costume and Textile Collection has more than 9,000 items of apparel, dating from the 18th century to the present, as well as a substantial collection of ethnographic textiles and costumes. It features an online catalog and 3-D photo images of highlighted items. (December 15, 2005)
Seven Cornell students have been selected to participate in the inaugural Henry and Nancy Horton Bartels Undergraduate Action Research Fellowship Program.