Eight first-year students from the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, are visiting Cornell Sept. 25-Oct. 6 as part of a leadership training program. (Sept. 29, 2011)
The Institute for the Social Sciences' three-year theme project, Immigration: Settlement, Integration and Membership, is hosting faculty from across campus to explore immigration from many perspectives. (Sept. 26, 2011)
A personal letter written by President John F. Kennedy, four days prior to his assassination, to Cornell professor Clinton Rossiter was recently donated to Cornell University Library by the Rossiter family.
Events this week include Slope Day, the CatVideoFest at Cornell Cinema, an end-of-semester jazz concert and swing dance, and a Last Lecture by Jamila Michener.
More than four dozen teachers attended a three-day workshop at Cornell to get ideas on how to integrate information about international food customs and food production into their curricula.
Cornell's Center for Transformative Action has established the Dorothy Cotton Institute to promote a global community for civil and human rights leadership. Cotton is a long-time civil rights activist. (Dec. 21, 2010)
Cornell’s Meejin Yoon and Roberto Sierra have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, considered the highest artistic recognition in the U.S.
