More than 60 student musicians in the Cornell Wind Ensembles participated in an outreach and education project with young instrumental music students in the Philadelphia school district in November. (Dec. 3, 2008)
CU Winds continued its cultural outreach mission on its third biennial tour of Costa Rica, donating 95 instruments to five schools and performing with and teaching student musicians and conductors.
Five diverse scholars weighed in on the life, work and legacy of writer James Baldwin at a symposium Nov. 8 at Cornell's Africana Studies and Research Center. (Nov. 12, 2008)
Researchers with funding from the National Institutes of Health soon will be required to put copies of peer-reviewed publications in an online open-access repository. Cornell Library is offering help to comply with the new requirement. (March 17, 2008)
A Cornell Master in Architecture program studio will visit the 2010 World Cup sites in conjunction with their design projects addressing the challenges of a global event for its host country.
An obscure paper on superconductivity was recently rediscovered by a Cornell University professor and has been posted on the Internet on Cornell's e-print service arXiv. (November 29, 2005)
The multimedia dance production 'Spoglia' combines the black-and-white cinema, culture and architecture of Rome, March 6-9 the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.
Events on campus this week include a film on a killer whale that kills; artist talks; a reading by visiting writer Cynthia Hogue and the last days of Cornell Library's Hip Hop Collection exhibition.
Douglas Parker '56, LLB '58, author of "Ogden Nash: The Life and Work of America's Laureate of Light Verse," entertained Nash fans in Kroch Library Nov. 11 with reflections on the poet's life and art. (November 22, 2005)
In a question-and-answer period following the State of the University speech, Oct. 17, President David Skorton addressed such issues as financial aid, free speech on campus and faculty courseloads. (Oct. 17, 2008)