Steven Ealick, Thomas Fox '71, Provost Kent Fuchs and Bruce Ganem are among the 503 fellows elected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2010.
To celebrate Abrams' lifetime of achievements, the English department is hosting activities July 21-22 that include talks, readings and a lecture by Abrams.
Events on campus this week include Maria Schneider, Ellis Paul, organ and 'Cultural Fusion' concerts, Tommy Bruce on WVBR, WSKG broadcasting from Uris Hall, lectures on race, gardening, Islam.
Cornell's Department of Music is holding a four-concert Haydn Festival marking the 200th anniversary of the composer's death, with a diversity of works and a Nov. 21 lecture by James Webster. (Nov. 19, 2009)
Old friends, familiar haunts and updated memories await more than 5,500 Cornell University alumni and guests returning to campus for the university's Reunion 1999 weekend, June 10-13.
Skorton got a backstage look at the planning behind NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission during his first meeting with astronomy professor Steve Squyres, the lead scientist for the mission. (June 26, 2008)
For this year's Cornell Entrepreneur Organization Elevator Pitch Competition, contestants had 60-90 seconds to sell their idea to a panel of three judges. The top prize was $100. (Nov. 2, 2009)
An engineer and a chemist, working together on a corporately funded research project at Cornell, are reporting a fundamentally new way to fabricate nanoscale structures on silicon that promises the development of devices ranging from biological sensors to light-emitting silicon displays.
Cornell is hosting a two-day conference and symposium, "Native Water Law and Public Policy: Critical Issues in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Watersheds," Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 and 18, in Myron Taylor Hall, Rooms G85 and…