The Cornell Environmental Film Festival celebrates its fifth anniversary with more than 20 films exploring humanity's role in the natural world. The festival will run from Oct. 12 to Oct. 18.
Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus will speak on "The Origins of Cancer" during the sixth annual Ef Racker Lectureship in Biology and Medicine, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. in Alice Statler Auditorium, Statler Hall, at Cornell University. The lecture is free and the public is invited. Varmus has been director of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., since November of 1993.
Actress and public speaker Yolanda King will return to campus to deliver the Cornell University Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture titled "Open My Eyes, Open My Soul: Discovering the Power of Diversity," on Feb. 15, at 5 p.m. in Sage Chapel.
John Prendergast, former adviser to President Bill Clinton, called for taking a three 'P' approach to the crisis in Darfur: peacemaking, protection and punishment, during a lecture on campus March 28. (April 2, 2007)
The College of Architecture, Art and Planning will host a two-day symposium, Sept. 17 - 19, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ebenezer Howard's influential book, 'Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.'
A world-famous novel written two centuries ago by an 18-year-old Englishwoman will be required reading for all Cornell University incoming freshman and undergraduate transfer students in fall 2002. The newest selection for the New Student Reading Project seems the perfect choice. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein not only gave the world it's first characterization of the "mad scientist," inspiring scores of movies and books, points out Cornell Vice Provost Isaac Kramnick, but it raised concerns about the role of science in the modern world that seem more relevant than ever today. (March 13, 2002)
The French Studies Program presents a bilingual conference, 'Historiography, Theory, Literature: Franco-American Exchanges,' Sept. 11-13, which highlights a partnership with the Ecole normale superieure (ENS). (Sept. 2, 2008)
Stephen T. Golding, a seasoned professional with experience in higher education financial affairs, investment management, strategic resource planning and government, has been appointed to be the first Samuel W. Bodman Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration at Cornell.
Winners in Cornell's seventh annual Book Collection Contest include the owners of a book collection about interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and of a collection of Mark Strand publications.
Today, about 780 million people in developing countries still do not have access to enough food to meet their basic daily needs for nutritional well-being. To review the nature of hunger and malnutrition in the world today, describe the causes and ways to deal with hunger and malnutrition and discuss international food and nutrition issues.