Concern for the safety of Indian families riding scooters--- and doodles he made in the boardroom - led to the development of the Tata Nano, Ratan Tata '59, B.Arch. '62 said at a symposium on the car. (March 16, 2011)
The literary theory journal diacritics, founded at Cornell in 1971, enters its 40th year of publication with a complete redesign, and donation of its archives to Cornell University Library. (Sept. 27, 2012)
Chemist and Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann, a self-proclaimed atheist, discussed science and God with a Christian MIT nuclear scientist March 30. Their differing worldviews had some surprising similarities. (April 3, 2012)
Filmmaker John Waters led a Cornell audience on a tour through his 'negative influences' and his many films including 'Hairspray' and 'Pink Flamingos' March 31 at the 'Resoundingly Queer' conference.
Five Cornell students will study in Germany during the 2009-10 academic year after winning fellowships from the German Academic Exchange Service and the Cornell/Heidelberg Exchange. (April 7, 2009)
Events on campus this week include music of the Irish-American experience from Solas, a book talk on Abraham Lincoln's rhetorical power, a Glee Club collaborative concert and new foreign films.