The groundbreaking for the $105 million project to renovate Stocking Hall was celebrated with a scoops and ice cream, instead of the traditional shovels and dirt, May 9 at the Cornell Livestock Pavilion. (May 10, 2011)
Dice-like knucklebones and poker-chip colored stones aren't evidence of a 3,500-year-old casino, Cornell archaeologists explain. "House of Cards" President Frank Underwood might agree.
The third time was indeed the charm for Interim President Hunter Rawlings and his wife, Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings, who were feted with a celebratory reception and dinner March 23 by the Cornell Board of Trustees.
A musician whose career blossomed in Ithaca and who is a favorite of area audiences will be the featured performer for this year's Lauren Pickard '90 Emerging Artist Series at Cornell University. David Linhart, a Cornell alumnus (B.S. '99 in agricultural and biological engineering) and the guitarist and lead vocalist with the well-known roots reggae band the Uplifters, will bring his acoustic-guitar driven music to Willard Straight Hall's Memorial Room on Monday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m. The show is free and open to the public. (April 5, 2002)
First plays by Arthur Miller and Wendy Wasserstein, a comedy by Steve Martin, the classics "Little Women" and "Inherit the Wind," and the world premiere of "Beat Box Bard" will headline Cornell University's 2006-07 Schwartz…
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the death of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 'Known to Everyone, Liked by All: The Business of Being Mark Twain' will be on display April 23-Oct. 8 in the Kroch Library. (April 15, 2010)
Bell, who leads the Pancam team for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, will give one of four invited talks at the International Astronomical Union's general assembly, Aug. 3-14 in Rio de Janeiro. (July 6, 2009)
Will business, or the rules, change in the wake of the high-profile Microsoft antitrust case? A panel featuring Cornell law, business and computer science professors will talk about the case and its aftermath Thursday, Sept. 27.