To help first-year students who are Muslims adjust to campus life - right in the middle of Ramadan - Professor Shawka Toorawa planned events throughout the month, including an Iftaar meal Sept. 13. (Sept. 15, 2009)
Cornell's incoming Class of 2015 and new transfer students will discuss E.L. Doctorow's novel 'Homer and Langley,' the 2011 New Student Reading Project selection, in events on campus Aug. 21-22. (Aug. 18, 2011)
Anne Kenney has been reappointed to a second term as Cornell University librarian; she has had many successes and looks forward to several new challenges.
In his new book 'Arcadian America,' historian Aaron Sachs examines a lost American environmental tradition, in the cemeteries that served as the nation's first urban parks.
Charles McNulty, chief theater critic for the Los Angeles Times, is the winner of the 2009-10 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, administered by Cornell University's Department of English. (Jan. 6, 2011)
The art museum has been awarded a $500,000 Kresge Foundation challenge grant to support its new underground extension. The museum must raise an additional $1.5 million by July 1, 2009, to receive the challenge grant. (Feb. 4, 2008)
Institutions that benefit from the arXiv online repository of scientific papers will share in its governance and financial support under a new business model created by Cornell University Library. (Aug. 29, 2012)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Cornell professor will serve as AMC's public face and primary representative for its membership, beginning July 1. (June 24, 2008)
Cornell University Library and the College of Arts and Sciences have awarded 11 grants to create new digital content in support of visual and interactive learning, teaching and research. (Aug. 22, 2012)