Cornell plans to invest up to to $46 million in energy conservation. The goal? Reducing energy use by as much as 20 percent and taking a big step toward a zero-carbon footprint. (March 10, 2011)
Cornell alumna and legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, professor of law, Columbia University and the University of California-Los Angeles, will deliver the keynote address for the Africana Studies and Research Center's conference "Brown vs. Board of Education: Race and Education 50 Years Later."
Paul Rusesabagina, the hero portrayed in the Oscar-nominated movie "Hotel Rwanda," will deliver a public lecture, "Hotel Rwanda: A Lesson Yet to Be Learned," Wednesday April 20, at 8 p.m. in the Statler Auditorium on the Cornell University campus. Tickets are $5, available at the Willard Straight ticket office. All proceeds will benefit the Genocide Intervention Fund. (April 12, 2005)
Jason Koski/University PhotographyMike Skelly of Fayetteville-Manlius and Kristina Fanghanel, who teaches in the Victor School District, work on a laboratory activity. This year's workshop was the first time the Cornell Institute…
Edward Lawler, chair of the Strategic Planning Advisory Council, sits down with the Cornell Chronicle to talk about what the council is up to, and what its activities mean for Cornell.
Cornell Plantations is offering an information night and season kickoff for new and current volunteers on Wednesday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in the Lewis Education Center classroom at One Plantations Road in Ithaca.
Harold Tanner '52 supports programming for students on West Campus, naming the house fellow program for Hunter Rawlings, who spearheaded the residential initiative. (Feb. 14, 2008)
At Cornell's 141st Commencement, President David J. Skorton urged graduates to apply their liberal arts education in the service of a world that 'stands in desperate need of your skills and talents.' (May 24, 2009)
Should it be illegal for universities to consider the race of student applicants in their efforts to produce a diverse student body? That question will be addressed in a debate between Gary Orfield, Harvard professor of education and social policy, and Ward Connerly, a member of the Board of Regents of the University of California, Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. in Cornell's Barnes Hall.