Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics, will speak on “Six Degrees of Separation” Sunday, April 26, 1-2:15 p.m. at Bailey Hall, as part of Charter Day.
Noticing the lack of portraits of women around campus, Jordana Gilman '14 assembled an exhibition of 250 notable Cornell women - along with two mirrors so visitors can consider their place in Cornell history.
Rebecca Flemming of the University of Cambridge will give the fourth College of Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture, 'Fertility, Medicine and the Divine in the Classical World,' Aug. 31. (Aug. 18, 2010)
History majors who wonder what path to pursue after graduation had their eyes opened to the possibilities Oct. 3 as alumni from various career fields shared their experiences at a panel discussion.
Associate Professor of Philosophy Karen Bennett led listeners through the 'tricky' question of 'What's It All About?' while exploring how philosophers tackle the meaning of life, March 30 in New York. (April 6, 2011)
A new endowed fund and an annual award for Ph.D. students finishing their dissertations on poetry have been established in memory of recent Cornell alumnus and poetry scholar Alan Young-Bryant.
In an installation in Sibley Dome this semester, artist, architect and educator Dennis Maher, B.Arch. ’99, combines used and discarded matter that explores the embedded history and latent qualities of objects.
Fifteen students turned their lessons learned about invasive species into artwork that will be on display for the month of April at the Cornell Plantations' Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center. (March 28, 2011)
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is honoring its outgoing president, Don Randel, former Cornell provost and emeritus professor, with an endowment for graduate student teaching fellowships in music at Cornell.