Cornell's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Resource Office will host a town meeting on Thursday, April 11, at 6 p.m. featuring an address by President Hunter Rawlings
Kathy Luz Herrera, an activist, union electrician at Cornell and second-term Tompkins County legislator, spoke about her activist background, Jan. 31, in Sage Chapel as part of the 'Soup for Hope' series. (Feb. 1, 2008)
New, incoming students will be welcomed to Cornell with a week of activities, events, trips and speakers, tailored just for them. Approximately 3,300 freshman, 500 transfer students and 1,500 new graduate and professional students will flock to campus.
A two-day discussion of business, environment and urban areas will feature Mary Nichols, assistant administrator for air and radiation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, speaking Friday, April 18, at 10 a.m. in 253 Malott Hall, Cornell.
Students in a sophomore design studio interpreted techniques from 15th-century Japan to create new spaces by "slowing time down" through obstruction of movement. Their exhibit, for example, featured a 'mouse hole' among other pathways. (December 07, 2005)
The Hermanos of La Unidad Latina/Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity Inc. of Cornell and the Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County are hosting the Fourth Annual Latino Street Festival.
Shoals Marine Laboratory on Maine's Appledore Island will offer some two dozen courses this summer, not only for college students but also for adults, families and high school students. (March 22, 2011)
In the new student-written, original production, the writer-actors perform autobiographical monologues that draw from their personal experiences, each monologue a confession as well as a performance. (Feb. 4, 2010)
Native Americas, the flagship publication of Akwe:kon Press at Cornell's American Indian Program, has won first place for general excellence plus eight other national journalism awards bestowed by the Native American Journalist Association.
Events on campus this week include a women's hockey game supporting the United Way, concerts and films, and a lecture on climate change and natural gas by a leading environmentalist.