Events on campus this week include ticket sales for Margaret Atwood lecture, change in Bound for Glory, the Perkins Prize, a celebration of the baroque organ and a symposium on the Nano.
A new course, Hydroponic Food Crop Production and Management, teaches the principles and practices of commercial food crop production in controlled environment agriculture.
Archivists, curators and librarians are finding virtual ways to help faculty members teach, using gems from Cornell University Library’s rare collections, from medieval texts on parchment to punk show flyers.
Events this week include a winter reception at the Johnson Museum, the inaugural Startup Fair, a film series devoted to sound, and lectures on international relations in China and 1970s politics.
The Sagan Planet Walk, with tiny spheres scattered across Ithaca representing the planets, will become the world's largest exhibition, with a new station depicting Alpha Centauri. (Sept. 26, 2012)
Cornell’s 148th Commencement Weekend highlights include the Senior Convocation address by actor James Franco, Saturday, May 28, and the Commencement address by Cornell Provost Michael Kotlikoff, Sunday, May 29.
The new theory proposes that vegetarianism is an identity, not just a series of decisions about what to eat. A Cornell undergraduate and his academic adviser came up with the new way to think about vegetarianism.
Six MFA students in Alice Fulton's poetry seminar joined middle and high school students, teachers, parents and administrators for a poetry slam April 28 at Ithaca High School. (April 29, 2011)
The Association of Graduates in Theatre (AGIT) acts as a forum for students to share their scholarly work and artistic processes with campus. Submissions for its fall 2015 Playfest are due April 17.