Events on campus this week include '60s psychedelic films with live music, book talks on edible bugs, bad decisions and privacy; Darwin Days and a jazz concert by Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez.
As sea levels rise, the Coney Island peninsula may become uninhabitable. Cornell landscape architecture graduate students wrestle with the island’s tenable, livable resilience as nature aims to reclaim it.
Events on campus include International Education Week, the fourth annual Local Fair at Mann Library, a Barton Hall concert by Nas, and a book talk on human-animal relations through history. (Nov. 8, 2012)
A concerto, composed by Grammy nominee and Cornell professor of music Roberto Sierra, and perfectly timed images of the planet Saturn are now available on a new DVD.
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 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.
Vinay Ambegaokar, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics Emeritus, has been awarded the 2015 John Bardeen Prize in recognition of his theoretical physics research.
A survey of the national Physician Quality Reporting System that assesses the quality of patient care is more comprehensive than earlier iterations, but there is still room for improvement.
Visionary animated filmmakers Timothy and Stephen Quay visited campus for an exhibition of their film sets and decor, screenings of their work and classes with art and film students.
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.