Fantastic sights, sounds and tastes were offered in abundance at a birthday party that was a feast for the senses Friday night at Barton Hall celebrating Cornell’s sesquicentennial.
To engage teens in STEM fields through fashion design, Cornell offered a weeklong course, “Smart Clothing, Smart Girls: Engineering through Apparel Design,” July 14-18 to 33 middle school girls.
Cornell librarians will offer workshops on 20 topics ranging from basic Web design to navigating advanced geographical imaging systems. Workshops are open to all staff members free of charge. (Feb. 14, 2008)
Carole Boyce Davies, Kenneth McClane and filmmaker Kristy Anderson spoke at a Feb. 10 event celebrating writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. (Feb. 15, 2011)
Melanie Gowen, a senior interior design student in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, has won a statewide competition for her essay 'To Make a Difference By Design.' (May 11, 2009)
The College of Arts and Sciences has just approved four new minors: Near Eastern studies; creative writing; minority, indigenous and third world studies; and English. (April 12, 2012)
Architect Richard Meier '56, B.Arch. '57, and artist Frank Stella discussed their disciplines, their work and their friendship at the inaugural Eli Broad Lecture, Sept. 12, at the Morgan Library in Manhattan. (Sept. 19, 2011)
Christopher (Kit) Dobyns '13, an Africana studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the winner of a 2012 Morris K. Udall Scholarship. (April 5, 2012)