Brett de Bary, Cornell University professor of Asian studies and comparative literature, has been appointed director of the Society for the Humanities (SHC). She replaces Dominick Lacapra, Cornell's Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies and professor of history, who has served as SHC director for the past decade. "The distinction of Cornell's Society for the Humanities has become almost synonymous with the distinction of its former director," said de Bary of her predecessor. "Dominick Lacapra's wide-ranging concerns as an intellectual historian, especially with the ethical challenges posed to humanistic inquiry by the Holocaust, led the society to probe profound issues of late 20th century thought and conscience. I hope to maintain this tradition of scholarly intensity and engagement." (October 30, 2003)
A symposium, "Rethinking the Criminalization of Youth," will be held Nov. 6-7 at Cornell University, featuring former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno.
Push a number on a palm-sized cell phone and the signal travels to an interior chip with physical features some five orders of magnitude smaller than the number button. That connection is called "electronic packaging," and the challenges presented by this huge discrepancy in size are becoming a serious problem for microelectronics.
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.
Pet a lamb, milk a cow and see how animal scientists care for a variety of farm animals at the open house at Cornell University's Animal Science Teaching and Research Center in Dryden on Saturday, Oct. 3. This free open house will feature tours of the center.
Close to 1,000 organ transplantation patients, donors and families reunited with their medical teams in New York City May 4 for a Circle for Life celebration. (May 17, 2007)
Cornell Law School and the U.S. Government Printing Office have joined forces to make the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations available online in a user-friendly, centrally located format. (March 15, 2010)
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.