A team of interdisciplinary researchers from Cornell and Ithaca College will study architecture and social interaction in an early civilization on Cyprus in a federally funded four-year project. (Sept. 29, 2009)
Cornell President David Skorton has been selected to join the Steering Committee of Partners for a New Beginning, announced former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, chair of PNB.
Shawkat Toorawa led student, faculty and guest poets in sharing verse from New York City, the Near East and other cultures at a "Poetry and Pastry" Sesquicentennial event at the Johnson Museum.
University of Michigan professor Scott E. Page cited several real-world examples of diverse groups achieving more than homogenous groups in a campus lecture April 22.
Cornell will contribute to President Barack Obama's continuing commitments to help low-income, first-generation and underrepresented students prepare for and complete college.
Artist and design professor Jack Elliott's new installation at the College of Human Ecology features classical plaster casts, new works of sculpture and the remains of a 150-year-old tree.
Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 16-22, will feature entrepreneurs from around the world and connect people through activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. (Nov. 16, 2009)
In a whirlwind of seminars, plenary sessions and corridor conversations, 17 Cornell students and six faculty attended COP24 in Katowice, Poland in December.
At its May 27 meeting, the Cornell University Board of Trustees elected six new trustees to four-year terms. They will join two alumni-elected trustees and one undergrad-elected trustee beginning July 1.