Events this week include the 2016 Cornell arts biennial, a concert kicking off a 'Technologies of Memory' series, a a reading by writer Joy Harjo, new and classic films, and jazz pianist Fred Hersch.
More than 1,000 faculty, staff and community members circulated among almost 100 on- and off-campus vendor representatives who displayed their wares and promoted their services at the Suppliers Showcase, June 1 in Barton Hall.
Events this week include music for experimental instruments, whales and chimes; architect and A.D. White professor Brinda Somaya; artist and fashion designer Ruby Chishti; and author Viet Thanh Nguyen.
Events on campus this week include a Lego expo themed on scientific discovery, live music at the Bear's Den, book talks and an exhibition featuring Cornell's historic plaster cast copies of antiquities.
Janis Dickinson, professor of natural resources and director of citizen science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, has developed YardMap.org to aid citizen scientist conservation.
Nine student teams stayed in Ithaca this summer to continue working on their business ideas, in areas such as machine learning and solar energy, through the Life Changing Labs summer incubator.
Five doctoral students in engineering will spend a fully funded semester examining the business prospects for a diverse array of Cornell technologies as the newest class of commercialization fellows.
Many events scheduled for Homecoming Weekend, Sept. 21-23, including fireworks in Schoellkopf Field Friday evening, will be of interest to students, faculty, staff and members of the local community. (Sept. 10, 2012)
A new Workday time-and-attendance system is set to go live Jan. 4, 2018, replacing Kronos, the system currently used by approximately 12,000 nonexempt, biweekly staff and student employees to manage time worked and time off.