Mike Cheng-Yu Lee, a graduate student in the field of music, placed second in a worldwide fortepiano contest, despite focal dystonia, a neurological movement disorder that affects his hand. (Aug. 26, 2011)
Events on campus this week include Cinema's Elegant Winter Party, talks on NASA's new telescope, 'Precious Little,' Stewart O'Nan reading, and a lecture by the director of the U.S. Census Bureau. (Feb. 10, 2011)
Twenty-seven students from Brazil have arrived on campus for a year of study in engineering, life sciences, film and other fields, as part of an initiative funded by the Brazilian government.
Events on campus this week include viewing of the total lunar eclipse at Fuertes Observatory; Banned Books Week; animation screening in Sage Chapel and Jack DeJohnette's jazz quintet in Bailey Hall.
The Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts' 20th anniversary season in 2008-09 will celebrate accomplished Cornellians while taking on the wit of Oscar Wilde and William Shakespeare alongside new plays and rarely performed works.
Events this week include the 2016 Cornell arts biennial, a concert kicking off a 'Technologies of Memory' series, a a reading by writer Joy Harjo, new and classic films, and jazz pianist Fred Hersch.
Events at Cornell include free concerts, lectures and performances; an intensive workshop on grape-growing and winemaking, an outdoor screening of 'Psycho' and the annual Staff Development Day.
Print materials in Cornell's Engineering Library will be moved out of Carpenter Hall by the end of next summer. The library's patrons primarily use electronic resources.
Five Cornell undergraduates presented original research Nov. 7 at the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program's 2009 regional conference, for students from historically disadvantaged groups. (Nov. 10, 2009)