Trying to rebuild the World Trade Center involved a multitude of obstacles, said experts involved in the project, all Cornell alumni, at a panel discussion in New York City July 18. (July 27, 2011)
Qing Li, a visiting scholar from the Beijing Dance Academy, is being hosted by the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance through the spring, to study American teaching in dance. (Jan. 11, 2011)
Events on campus this month include free performances, lectures and concerts; new exhibitions at the Johnson Museum, wearable tech in the Jill Stuart Gallery and an exoplanet researchers' symposium.
Events on campus this week include '60s psychedelic films with live music, book talks on edible bugs, bad decisions and privacy; Darwin Days and a jazz concert by Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez.
Assistant professor of English Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon has been named a finalist for a 2009 National Book Award in poetry for her recent collection 'Open Interval.' (Oct. 19, 2009)
Events this week include classical and jazz concerts, a PBS film on deer at Plantations, a German studies conference and an exhibition, open house and film for May Day.
Gener, senior editor of American Theatre, is the winner of the 2007-08 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, an honor administered annually by Cornell's Department of English. (Feb. 4, 2009)
Jay Walker '77, founder of Priceline.com, kicked off an exhibit of rare artifacts from his collection with a Reunion lecture on why imagination has been the driving force behind human invention.
A team from Cornell has won the Ed Bacon Competition, a student urban design challenge, for the second straight year, with a plan for an international exposition in Philadelphia in 2026. (Dec. 10, 2010)