Events this week include physicist Kathy Selby at the Light in Winter Festival, old-time duo The Pearly Snaps, William Finn's musical 'Elegies' and fiction writer Edwidge Danticat.
Human mothers’ experience of pain and the expression of distress occur today because human ancestors who cried for help survived in greater numbers, according a hypothesis by Cornell psychologist Barbara L. Finlay.
The second annual "Cornell on the Commons" community event is scheduled for Saturday, Aug 28, from 1 to 4 p.m. on the downtown Ithaca Commons. Cornell on the Commons, which also is a featured part of the university's Welcome Weekend at the beginning of the fall semester, has the dual purpose of familiarizing Cornell students with downtown Ithaca, while also showcasing many of the Cornell programs and services open to the Ithaca community. (July 19, 2004)
The hospitality industry's role in international business and the global economy will be the focus for the 86th annual Hotel Ezra Cornell, to be held April 7-10 in Statler Hall. (March 25, 2011)
The inaugural Meat and Greet Farmer and Chef Fair held March 11 at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, sought to connect consumers with farmers. The event was co-sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension.
The first-ever Yiddish Theater Festival in the Finger Lakes stars New York City’s New Yiddish Rep and includes four events over three nights, Sept. 8-10.
The Laboratory of Plasma Studies received a $15 million grant from the National Nuclear Security Administration and celebrates its 50th anniversary with a symposium Oct. 6-7.
Substantial facilities improvements are under way for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, including a reorganization of the Fine Arts Library in anticipation of a planned move to Rand Hall. (Sept. 14, 2010)
Students and young alumni came out in force for the Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference, the Office of Alumni Affairs' flagship volunteer event, Jan. 28-30 in Washington, D.C. (Jan. 31, 2011)
Architect Martin Miller discusses computational design techniques from artificial intelligence to robotic fabrication, and the fast pace of working on projects in China, collaboration and creativity, and his advice to students.