Events on campus this week include outdoor activities, Senior Week concerts, Johnson Museum exhibits, an exhibit in the Carol Tatkon Center, two blood drives and a talk about nutrition and children.
Writer Raad Rahman, a human rights advocate from Bangladesh, will be in Ithaca from April 8 to May 9 as a writer-in-residence with Ithaca City of Asylum.
The lab of engineering professor Rob Shepherd has developed a hybrid material featuring soft metal and porous elastic polymer foam that could be used to make a morphing airplane wing.
For massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that help dieticians and nutritionists around the world understand the latest research, course completion rates more than double that of normal MOOC fare.
Events on campus this week include a benefit for endangered elephants, the Ithakid Film Festival, a Science Cabaret with Cornell astronomers, Shanghai Quartet and a post-Election Day panel discussion. (Nov. 1, 2012)
The free Sprocket film series features movies that are intended to spark interest in cognitive science and a lively discussion after the showing - and free pizza. (Dec. 12, 2011)
The annual Iscol Family Program for Leadership Development in Public Service Lecture Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in G10 Biotech, features criminal justice reformer Glenn E. Martin.
Michael Pollan, environmentalist and best-selling author, speaks on "Out of the Garden" at the 2017 Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture on April 27, in Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.
Cornell wrestler Kyle Dake has been named the inaugural Sports Illustrated male College Athlete of the Year. He will be featured in the May 27 issue of the magazine.
Cornell was recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Center for Resource Solutions with the Leadership in Green Power Education Award Oct. 10.