On May 22, the Cornell Merrill Presidential Scholars Program honored 32 outstanding graduating seniors and the high school teachers and university faculty members who mentored them.
Throughout Cornell's history, the campus exists as a fluid representation of history, culture, science, the arts and tradition, which give way to modern mores and contemporary values.
Between the voter and the candidate stands the machine. The voting machine, that is. In a presidential race where every vote counts, how those votes are getting counted is the subject of increasing public scrutiny.
Paul Milstein Hall cleared its final municipal hurdle Jan. 27 with a unanimous 6-0 vote on final site plan approval from the city of Ithaca's Planning and Development Board. (Jan. 29, 2009)
Environmental sculptor Andy Goldsworthy will present a public lecture "Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time," on Dec. 4 , at 7:30 p.m. in the David Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall on the Cornell campus.
In a panel discussion Feb. 20, novelists Melissa Bank '98, Junot Diaz '95 and Julie Schumacher '86 praised Cornell's Creative Writing Program and gave advice to aspiring authors. (Feb. 23, 2009)
Events on campus this week include sustainability expert/graduate student Annie Leonard with 'The Story of Stuff;' the annual Pao Bhangra show; films about bees and AIDS; the 22nd Cornell Jazz Festival and a climate readiness conference.
Events this week include Jason and Alicia Hall Moran in Barnes Hall; 'Chasing Ice' at Cornell Cinema, a community project with artists and survivors of assault, and the American Indian Program's 30th anniversary conference.
The History of Art Majors Society has curated interactive art representing the human body for an annual exhibition at the Johnson Museum, 'Exquisite Corpus: Interacting with the Fragmented Body.' (May 6, 2008)
The Vagina Monologues , Eve Ensler's Obie award-winning play that premiered in 1996 and addresses issues of violence against women, will be read at Cornell University on Valentine's Day.