Calling him 'one of America's greatest living composers,' Carnegie Hall celebrated the 75th birthday of Steve Reich '57 with a program of four of his recent works April 30. (May 4, 2011)
Insect cyborgs and new materials for solar panels were among the 71 undergraduate, graduate student and postdoctoral projects spotlighted at the 2007 Engineering Research Showcase, Sept. 11. (Sept. 18, 2007)
Eight faculty members have received Stephen H. Weiss Awards for excellence in their teaching of undergraduate students and contributions to undergraduate education.
A Sept. 30 concert in Bailey Hall by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will benefit mental health initiatives at Cornell. (Aug. 31, 2010)
Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett heralded a future of greater collaboration between Ithaca and New York City at a Sept. 21 reception in honor of her inauguration as the university’s 13th president.
Aiming to help resolve economic development, community health and other local issues, the Community Development Society, a national organization for community development professionals, will hold its 35th annual conference at Cornell University, July 20-23. The conference will feature a July 21 keynote address by the Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City and president of The College at Old Westbury, Long Island. Butts will speak at 9 a.m. in the David L. Call Auditorium of Kennedy Hall. (June 30, 2003)
Takuma Itoh, Christopher Stark and Eric Nathan, doctoral candidates in composition in music, received American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Foundation composer awards. (Aug. 25, 2010)
Events on campus this week include: a walking contest, Emerging Artists, former Brazilian president, poet Paul Muldoon, Union Days, museum reception, urban agenda, Glissant and sustainability month.