“A Conversation With John Cleese,” hosted by the Office of the Provost and the Cornell University Program Board, is set for Monday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. in Bailey Hall.
Robotics Day at Duffield Hall was a day-long event this year, with two classes holding their semester-ending competitions, plus demonstration booths set up throughout the atrium.
A team of Cornell researchers has used cyclodextrin, the same material found in the air freshener Febreze, to develop a technique that could revolutionize the water-purification industry.
Kim Brown Bixler ’91 entertained a Statler Auditorium crowd July 10 with stories of growing up in the only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Rochester, N.Y.
As director and head curator of the Cornell University Insect Collection, Corrie Moreau has numerous tasks on her to-do list, including one that could last her entire career: digitizing the collection’s 7 million specimens.
Engineer Max Zhang makes a concerted effort to improve the world through collaboration. “Ideas will only stay in my lab, will only stay on paper, if we don’t engage or work with the community.”
Cornell graduate students and local teens affiliated with the outreach program Xraise Cornell showcased their JunkGenie projects and the Ithaca Physics Bus at the World Maker Faire in New York City.
Events on campus this week include the Cornell Glee Club in concert; short plays created by students in 24 hours; folk music and dance; and new exhibitions opening at the Johnson Museum.