In a panel discussion Feb. 20, novelists Melissa Bank '98, Junot Diaz '95 and Julie Schumacher '86 praised Cornell's Creative Writing Program and gave advice to aspiring authors. (Feb. 23, 2009)
Three symposia featuring distinguished speakers in the arts and sciences will take place concurrently Thursday, Oct. 16, at 10 a.m. on the Cornell University campus in honor of the inauguration of President Jeffrey S. Lehman. The public is invited to attend. o Richard Meier, one of the world's most influential architects, will speak on "The New Architecture of Optimism," in the Statler Hotel Auditorium. (October 07, 2003)
A team of graduate students helped excavate gardens that thrived 400 years ago in Rajasthan, India, hoping to glean clues for developing sustainable gardens in desert areas worldwide. (Feb. 14, 2007)
Want to know more about that Scottish silver two-handled quaich made in the 1800s or that silver spoon you picked up at an auction? Now, everything you ever wanted to know about extant Scottish silver is available free -- online…
NEW YORK -- Ankit Patel, Cornell '04, a first-year M.D.-Ph.D. student, was elected Weill Cornell student overseer during elections held April 3-10 at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC). As the student representative, Patel will…
They may not all become doctors or physicists, Mae Jemison knows. But by the end of the summer, the 22 students who gathered quietly on the morning of July 2 in Cornell's Tatkon Center will have a running start if they do decide on careers in science.
A recent gift created an interdisciplinary center at Weill Cornell Medical College to study Alzheimer's disease. Finding ways to better understand and treat the devastating illness is the subject of several efforts already under way. (Jan. 23, 2007)
NEW YORK -- Just a year after groundbreaking ceremonies, the centerpiece of the Weill Cornell Medical College's (WCMC) multimillion-dollar capital campaign was recently "topped out." The Ambulatory Care and Medical Education Building at 1305 York Ave. at 70th Street will house 330,000 square feet of modern, patient-oriented facilities and amenities, including state-of-the art equipment, a comfortable welcome center and several specialty clinical practices for integrated patient care. The building is scheduled to open in the fall of 2006.
Cornell University today announced the selection of a consulting team led by Urban Strategies Inc. of Toronto to develop a comprehensive master plan (CMP) for the physical development of the Ithaca campus, taking into account…
Cornell University's Division of Financial Affairs has announced that Marguerite Spencer has been named director of university policy and division communications and Jeffrey Silber has been named director for financial research administration. Both report to Joanne DeStefano, vice president for financial affairs and university controller. (August 11, 2003)