Cornell's Homecoming 2016, Sept. 23-24, will start with a bang – the popular fireworks and laser light show – and continue through a weekend of fun events for the university and area communities.
Toni Morrison, M.A. '55, and alumni architects J. Meejin Yoon and Eric Höweler are among new recipients of American Academy of Arts and Letters honors.
Sixteen Cornell a cappella groups will perform in a concert March 11, 6-8 p.m., in Call Auditorium to benefit the Emergency CARE Fund, which assists employees who are in financial need due to an unplanned circumstance.
Two filmmakers discussed their movie about the first solar-powered flight, which has implications for integration of solar power into new systems and industries.
Johannes Lehmann, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Soil and Crop Sciences Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science, was elected in May to the German National Academy of Sciences.
Among the events this weekend to honor veterans, two recognize the end of WWI: a centennial celebration Nov. 10 in Risley Hall and a wreath-laying ceremony Nov. 11 at the Baker Flagpole and WWI Memorial on West Campus.
In “Apes and Sustainability,” a forum on Nov. 15, activists, scholars, scientists and humanists will explore new perspectives on preserving nonhuman great apes in sustainable ways.
Register for dinner by Aug. 10 for the fourth annual BEAR (Being Engaged And Responsible) Walk through the Collegetown and Belle Sherman neighborhoods, Aug. 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
This year's competition in four categories – overall waste reduction, recycling improvement, food waste and electronic waste – began Feb. 3 and runs through March 30.