Led by creatively costumed students, the guest of honor at Cornell's 110th Dragon Day March 18 was a mostly steel beast constructed by first-year architecture students. (March 18, 2011)
Jay Walker '77, founder of Priceline.com, kicked off an exhibit of rare artifacts from his collection with a Reunion lecture on why imagination has been the driving force behind human invention.
Events in August include Latin dance parties, free concerts and movies, an exhibition of art by Cornell botanical illustrators and a two-day workshop for grape growers and startup wineries.
A new course on DVD featuring mathematician Steve Strogatz covers the science and math behind chaos theory, plus the historical, cultural and philosophical implications of the concept. (Nov. 6, 2008)
Civil rights activists Andrew Young, Vincent Harding and Dorothy Cotton will speak at the first Dorothy Cotton Institute Gala Dinner Tuesday, Dec. 10, when the three will receive Martin Luther King Jr. Awards from the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
A new book by English Professor Fredric V. Bogel argues for a new kind of literary analysis to be used in addition to the approaches that have come to dominate the field in the last 50 years.
The new 89,000-square-foot Human Ecology Building debuts as a 'green' facility loaded with high-tech labs, studios, galleries and more. (Oct. 11, 2011)
Associate professor of English Ernesto Quiñonez discussed authors using similar themes and characters in "The Fingerprints of Influence," a talk in the Creative Writing Program's "In A Word" series.
Weill Cornell Medical College's state-of-the-art Belfer Research Building has achieved LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its sustainable design and green construction.
“Firing the Canon,” a College of Arts and Sciences sesquicentennial exhibit, explores how Cornell’s prized collection of plaster casts was “embraced, defaced and dethroned.”