Two juniors will research Gregorian vocal music in France and the remnants of the Ottoman empire in Turkey with the help of Harry Caplan Travel Fellowships.
Led by creatively costumed students, the guest of honor at Cornell's 110th Dragon Day March 18 was a mostly steel beast constructed by first-year architecture students. (March 18, 2011)
Sean Patev, a graduate student in the field of plant pathology, is bringing his 3-D printer to Cornell University library events this fall as the library investigates installing "maker spaces" in several campus locations.
Well-designed healthcare facilities lead to better patient outcomes that, in turn, result in money saved for facility owners and patients, according to new Cornell research.
The new Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature recognizes excellent writing in African languages and encourages translation from, between and into African languages.
Chats in the Stacks book talks this semester at Olin and Mann libraries feature faculty authors discussing politics and economics as the 2016 presidential election approaches, and other topics from poetry to religion.
For more than two decades, Vivian Zayas '94, associate professor of psychology, chased Ultimate Frisbee from Cornell’s campus to international championships on the semi-pro club circuit, all the way to the Ultimate Hall of Fame, which inducted her in October.
Events this week include a film by Bobbito García on hip-hop, basketball and sneaker culture; a talk on conserving falcons in India; Jill Frank on reading Plato's "Republic"; foreign films at Cornell Cinema; and a reading by Creative Writing Program alumni.
Chilean poet, artist and filmmaker Cecilia Vicuña, and writer, scholar and performer Qwo-Li Driskill, will offer performances and student workshops on campus April 28-May 2.
Performing and media arts faculty members Nick Salvato and Aoise Stratford have co-written an innovative new play weaving truth and fiction, inspired by local history and a 1909 novel set in Ithaca.