The Simons Foundation has provided a $60,000 planning grant to develop a structure through which institutions that benefit from and support the online e-print arXiv can participate in its governance. (Oct. 27, 2011)
Events this week include the DeeDee Arrison Concert for the Animals, President Martha E. Pollack’s annual address to staff, pianist Gloria Cheng’s “Garlands for Steven Stucky,” and a Science Cabaret on human survival.
Following the announcement that the archives of The Atlantic Philanthropies will be donated to Cornell Library, Atlantic President and CEO Christopher Oechsli and Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett discussed the foundation's work.
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded $25,000 to Turbulence.org to develop an archive of its NET ART Commissions Archive with Cornell's Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art. (May 11, 2010)
Graduate and undergraduate students from Cornell’s social sciences fields are increasingly sought after by tech companies searching for employees who understand social processes, psychology, sociology and economics, but also have real-world data-science skills.
Events in December and January include fall exhibitions ending at the Johnson Museum, "A Christmas Carol" at Hangar Theatre, a Twelfth Night celebration and a panel on patent and intellectual property law.
Entrepreneurial silent-film star Irene Castle, who filmed for Ithaca's Wharton Studios, enabled new fashion possibilities that came to epitomize 1920s style. A multimedia exhibit runs through Aug. 15.
At the May 26 “Transformative Humanities: Faculty Reflections on Life-Changing Creative Works” panel, three faculty members shared encounters with great works in the arts and humanities.