The seminar Guns: Myth and Manufacture explored the historical impact of firearms and connections between weaponry and architectural design including the use of interchangeable components.
Two faculty members received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on young science and engineering professionals.
The Cornell University Wind Symphony will pay tribute to the late Steven Stucky and Karel Husa in a series of concerts featuring memorial commissions honoring the former Cornell professors.
"The Darfur Compromised" by Trevor Stankiewicz '15 and directed by Rudy Gerson '15 will preview Sunday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. in Beverly J. Martin elementary school before moving Off-Broadway Nov. 2.
Environmental photojournalist Gary Braasch and his images of climate change will be featured in a series of free public events and exhibitions on campus from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2.
Actor-director James Franco, who starred in the 2001 biopic of film legend James Dean, will give the Senior Convocation address on May 28 at Schoellkopf Stadium.
In a groundbreaking study illuminating the extensive scope of mass incarceration in the U.S., nearly 1 in 2 Americans have had a member of their immediate family spend time in jail or prison – a far higher figure than previously estimated.
More than 380 staff were honored by Cornell President Martha E. Pollack and Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Mary Opperman at the 62nd annual Service Recognition Dinner June 21 in Barton Hall.