Events on campus this week include the Cornell Glee Club in concert; short plays created by students in 24 hours; folk music and dance; and new exhibitions opening at the Johnson Museum.
Cornell Junior Bryan J. Lowrance, a Presidential Research Scholar and College Scholar majoring in English and classics, has been named one of 18 Beinecke Scholarship winners nationwide for 2005.
Best-selling novelist and astrophysicist Alan Lightman read from two of his books during a Feb. 20-21 visit to campus. His works straddle the arts and sciences. (March 2, 2011)
Four short stories from a recent issue of Epoch, the Cornell literary magazine, have been selected for inclusion in major anthologies. The magazine has a history of promoting new literary talent. (Sept. 24, 2008)
Cornell's Bioacoustics Research Program helped confirm, for the first time in New York coastal waters, the voices of singing blue whales. (May 28, 2009)
The donation to Cornell Library of an ear of corn crossbred by the Nobel Prize-winning plant geneticist provided the occasion for a panel of faculty members to reflect on their experiences with McClintock. (Aug. 9, 2010)
Theoretically stranded on an island, five professors were each given 10 minutes to persuade the audience, or 'survivors,' why their discipline should have a spot on the life raft. (Feb. 23, 2011)
On campus this week: CU Winds and Google Glass; a gardening and climate change conference; President Skorton addresses staff; Bill T. Jones at the Schwartz Center; book and literary talks.
The production of 'Precious Little' at the Schwartz Center, directed by Myles Kenyon Rowland '11, is a new version of the play by Madeleine George '96, who helped adapt it for the Cornell stage. (Feb. 21, 2011)
Acclaimed educator, designer and author Dagmar Richter has been appointed to chair the Department of Architecture, effective July 1. She comes to Cornell from UCLA. (May 13, 2009)