In a partnership that will build on the resources of New York City's largest educational and cultural institutions, Cornell and the New York Public Library (NYPL) joined forces to create Cornell@NYPL. (Sept. 24, 2009)
Events on campus this week include a Cornell Chamber Orchestra family concert, 'On the Verge' at the Schwartz Center, International Education Week and the Local Food and Fiber Fair at Mann Library.
Paint the Town Red, a new audio slideshow on Cornell's New York City Web page focuses the spotlight on a few of the Cornellians who are learning, working and making a difference in the city. (May 24, 2010)
Students in a new service learning course study the public health impacts of such hot-button local issues as the county jail expansion and whether Ithaca homeowners should be allowed to have backyard chicken coops.
In her faculty family residence, Parvine Toorawa provides students with home-cooked meals. At Soup and Hope, Feb. 2 in Sage Chapel, she discussed the roles of tradition and change in her own life.
To help first-year students who are Muslims adjust to campus life - right in the middle of Ramadan - Professor Shawka Toorawa planned events throughout the month, including an Iftaar meal Sept. 13. (Sept. 15, 2009)
Freshmen and incoming transfer students this fall will read and discuss French author Romain Gary's 1975 novel 'The Life Before Us' for the New Student Reading Project.
The new Council on Sexual Violence Prevention, which includes students, faculty and staff, is the latest in a recent series of initiatives to strengthen the university’s efforts to prevent and respond to bias and sexual violence.
N'Dri Assie-Lumumba, associate professor of Africana studies, has been named to membership in the World Academy of Art and Science in recognition of her "outstanding contributions to the world of scholarship and practice on the…