Events on campus this week include jazz and classical music, book talks with Victor Nee and Frank H.T. Rhodes, and opening events in the Creative Writing Reading Series and Schwartz Center season. (Sept. 13, 2012)
Cornell's first arts biennial in 2014 will frame dynamic changes in 21st-century culture and art practice, and in nanoscale technology, with projects by faculty, students and guest artists.
Film editor Thelma Schoonmaker '61 will present highlights from her work, including several features and documentaries directed by Martin Scorsese, at Cornell Cinema's Willard Straight Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 19.
Thirty-five members of Cornell’s academic and administrative leadership got an up-close look at the agriculture industry’s impact on the New York state economy – and the significant role played by Cornell – during a daylong tour across upstate dairy country.
A dialogue between President David Skorton and industrialist Ratan Tata, Cornell's Entrepreneur of the Year, headlined the Oct. 12 event, which drew more than 350 attendees and featured 21 speakers and panelists. (Oct. 18, 2012)
The 76th annual Empire Farm Days, the largest outdoor agricultural fair in the Northeast, Aug. 11-13, in Seneca Falls, N.Y., featured 600 exhibits of agricultural technology and products. (Aug. 12, 2009)
Cornell is helping six New York state schools use high tunnels to grow their school gardens and studying how they benefit the schools' educational programs. (Oct. 26, 2011)
A new Cornell study finds that students' exposure to a duty-to-bargain law while in elementary and secondary school lowers their future earnings and leads to fewer hours worked.
Cornell's 2007 Solar Decathlon entry, now being built, features a freestanding 'light canopy' to support the house's equipment, 'green' screens and an adaptable sunroom. (May 1, 2007)
Events include “The Spring Quartet” jazz concert, the Centrally Isolated Film Festival, an homage to the Caffe Cino at the Schwartz Center’s Black Box Theatre, three Ithaca premieres from Cornell Cinema and a reading from award-winning poet Claudia Rankine.