The Executive Committee of Cornell's Board of Trustees will hold a brief open session when it meets in Manhattan Nov. 21 at 12:30 p.m. at the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St. The public session will include an update on development of the statutory college operating budget for 1997-98.
Michael Feingold, chief theater critic for The Village Voice, has received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for the 1995-96 season, Cornell University has announced. The award recognizes the American "who has written the best piece of drama criticism during the theatrical year whether it is an article, an essay, treatise or book."
Waitz Ngan was a sophomore at Cornell when she fell in love with the chimes. She was a medical student at Stony Brook when she fell in love with Adam Schuldt. Her engagement ring reflects both passions. (July 19, 2007)
The medical imaging device, which should be up and running by fall 2011 thanks to a $2 million federal grant, will allow researchers to delve into new areas, ranging from the biological processes to tissue engineering. (June 9, 2009)
The Tompkins County Sheriff's Department announced Feb. 23 that a body recovered from the Six Mile Creek Natural Area in the town of Ithaca has been identified as that of Ritesh S. Shetty, 24, a Cornell University graduate student who had been missing since Sept. 26, 2002. The body was found Feb. 20 in a densely wooded area by a hiker on snowshoes. The death has been ruled a suicide. (February 24, 2003)
Events this week include the LEGO Expo in Duffield Hall, a Science Cabaret on bread for locavores, folk music and guitar lessons, films, and a reception for new exhibitions at the Johnson Museum.
Six Cornell University professors have received monetary awards from the Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantship program, administered by Cornell's universitywide Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise (EPE) Program.
Events on campus this week include a workshop on advocacy and interactive media, Islam Awareness Week, a day for entrepreneurs and lectures on Facebook, friendship and community and 'Porgy and Bess.' (April 5, 2012)
Beginning in August, campus readers will receive a weekly e-newsletter delivered to their inboxes. In addition, a printer-friendly digest of the week's news will be available online as a PDF every Friday. (May 8, 2009)
Innovative artists who collaborated as part of the SoHo creative community in the 1970s reunited to discuss the era at the American Artistic Renaissance Symposium, Sept. 23-24 at Cornell. (Sept. 30, 2008)