A permanent exhibit of simple black silhouettes of North and South American birds now graces the white north wall of the visitor’s center at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
The Mellon Foundation has given Cornell $2 million for pre- and postdoctoral fellowships to help improve the career chances of humanities scholars from underrepresented communities.
Christopher Hogwood, an influential figure in period music and performance, makes his first visit to campus as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large this month.
In his new book, Bruno Bosteels examines the revived interest among younger Latin Americans in the ideas of Marx and Freud, after their influence on an earlier generation of activists and artists.
Jeffrey Gettleman '94, the East Africa bureau chief for The New York Times, won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting April 16. He was cited for vivid reporting at personal peril. (April 16, 2012)
Events on campus this week include a 'Big Lebowski' party and screening; geeks gathering for CornellCon; a lecture on boosting political knowledge and climate change strategies for New York farmers.
Cornell researchers have created a digital age active-reading system using an array of tablets to combine the best features of paper and electronic text.
A $650,000 bequest from the late Professor Emerita Helen L. Wardeberg will support scholarships for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' transfer students and Mann Library services and purchases. (April 9, 2012)