This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, Sept. 18 on the Arts Quad, attracted some 1,000 visitors and marked the first time that seven Asian and Asian-American student organizations collaborated. (Sept. 21, 2010)
Much of the research and discovery in biological science is now taking place at the interface of the life sciences with other disciplines, from materials science to computer engineering.
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)
In the second in a series of interviews with Cornell's campaign co-chairs, Andrew Tisch '71, member of the board of trustees and co-chair of Loews Corp., talks about philanthropy. (Oct. 6, 2011)
Aside from its natural beauty, upstate New York is known for an economy that is sluggish, at best. On May 2, 2005, Cornell President Jeffrey S. Lehman will join a host of state leaders, including U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, for a one-day symposium that is dedicated to boosting the upstate economy.
Cornell will serve as one of the viewing sites for the 17th annual World Food Day teleconference, "Poverty and Hunger: The Tragic Link," featuring a conversation with Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics. This year's teleconference examines the complex relationship between hunger and poverty.
Ever since India implemented sweeping economic reforms in 1991, investors and journalists, as well as scholars and students, have been keeping a close watch on its progress. At the end of this month, Cornell will host a weekend workshop devoted to India's emerging economy and featuring some of the people who are most familiar with it.
About 50 middle and high school teachers attended the Cornell Science Sampler Series, a free workshop to give teachers ideas for hands-on activities to inspire their students in science. (March 28, 2012)
Events on campus this week include Jewish refugee songs, a panel on big money in politics, a talk on racial justice, and alumni filmmakers Will Gluck '93 and Ryan Silbert '02.