Spencer Wells, an explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society, gave a lecture and seminars during his first visit to campus as a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor March 1-5. (March 5, 2010)
Olive Tjaden, a pioneering architect who supervised the design of more than 400 homes from the 1920s to the 1940s in Garden City, Long Island, including many of that community's grand mansions, died.
Cornell University President Hunter Rawlings announced today (April 9) that the university has decided to lift the hiring freeze for externally funded positions April 15 and for all other positions June 30. Rawlings said the decision was made, based on the recommendation of the Workforce Planning Team and in conjunction with Provost Biddy Martin and Harold Craft, vice president for administration and chief financial officer, because the freeze has achieved its three primary objectives. (April 9, 2002)
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Until laboratory tests identify sources of a bacterial disease killing songbirds in the East and Midwest, Cornell University scientists say people who feed birds should not blame themselves for the recent outbreak of salmonellosis in redpolls and other flocking species. Nevertheless, three precautions are in order, say experts at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and the College of Veterinary Medicine:
Cornell Choral Director Scott Tucker routinely teaches the works of Western classical artists like Brahms and Handel to his students in the Glee Club and Chorus. But lately he has been directing them in songs of African origin and in an African language.
The unique Teatrotaller (Spanish for theater-workshop), a mix of academics and performance in Spanish, has been going strong ever since Cornell students founded it in 1993 to promote Latino cultures. (Feb. 26, 2010)
Cornell Plantations and other tree-friendly groups in Tompkins County are gearing up for the third annual Big Tree Search, a contest that aims for year-round tree appreciation. Nov. 15, 1997, is the deadline for the nomination of trees that may be the largest of their species in Tompkins County.
The July 18 anniversary celebration featured a panel discussion with Cornell astronomers, who recounted the significance of the Apollo 11 moon landing and layered it with historical context. (July 20, 2009)