Events on campus include films about the Voyager mission and The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper;” a musical version of Homer’s “Odyssey,” Science on Tap with Mason Peck on accessible space travel; and a talk on medieval images of the heavens with author and art historian Benjamin Anderson.
Cornell celebrates its 143rd Graduation Weekend, May 28-29. Rudolph Giuliani will give the Senior Convocation Address May 28, and President David Skorton will deliver the Commencement Address May 29. (May 23, 2011)
With demand for global food expected to double, people need to tap unused plants to feed the world in the near future, claims Cornell plant geneticist Susan McCouch.
Events this week include a concert celebrating Cornell composer Karel Husa, a book talk on adolescent brain development, and a lecture and concert by visiting composer-instrumentalist Fred Frith. (Feb. 23, 2012)
In 2009, then-Michigan professor Martha E. Pollack gave the Salton Lecture to the Faculty of Computing and Information Science at Cornell. On April 17, 2017, she will become the university's 14th president.