Roving Mars, an IMAX film documenting NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, opens in theaters Jan. 27. 'It will be that immersion experience -- of being completely surrounded and overwhelmed with Mars,' says Cornell's Jim Bell.
Jan Willis '69, M.A. '71, the daughter of a Baptist deacon from Alabama and former campus activist, now is a chaired professor of social sciences at Wesleyan University and a prominent scholar-practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism.
Members of the Cornell Wind Ensemble returned Jan. 21 from their nine-day tour of Costa Rica, where they performed for public and private audiences. The tour was a successful educational and service experience as well.
The new New York City facilities of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at 50 W. 17th St. sparkled at a preview reception for about 150 trustees, alumni, faculty and friends, Jan. 19.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $25 million to Cornell to support the construction of the signature building for a planned information campus.
David Skorton, Cornell's newly named president, is a man from Iowa who admits he hasn't a clue about ice hockey, and certainly no understanding of the rituals of the Lynah Faithful.
The Cornell Board of Trustees' Jan. 21 vote endorsing David Skorton as the 12th president of the university was unanimous, and thanks to an amended bylaw, 19 members of the board were able to vote.
A renewed grant from the Merck Company Foundation is enabling Cornell researchers affiliated with the Consumers, Pharmaceutical Policy and Health (CPPH) program in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management (PAM).
The Board of Trustees approved a set of planning parameters for the 2006-07 budget that calls for a 4.8 percent tuition increase for most students in the endowed colleges, setting tuition at $32,800 for the 2006-07 academic year.