Anthropology professor Rebekah Nathan enrolled as a freshman at her own university, immersing herself in student life. The resulting book, 'My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student.'
Music professor and internationally famed pianist Malcolm Bilson's life and career will be celebrated in October, with a festival of early piano music concerts, a banquet and an international symposium.
A former Cornell graduate student's documentary film of an impoverished Brooklyn family is the catalyst for a symposium addressing societal, legal, cultural and clinical issues affecting millions of Americans daily.
A major exhibition about the literary career of Laura (Riding) Jackson will open Oct. 8 in the Exhibition Gallery of the Carl A. Kroch Library on the Cornell University campus.
Peggy Mamet '59 is active in the Hermione-Lafayette Association, which is fundraising to build a life-size replica of the Marquis de Lafayette's 18th-century fighting frigate. (Sept. 20, 2007)
A study by Cornell professor Jun-Lin Guan, published in the August 2005 issue of the journal Developmental Cell, reveals how connective tissue holding a cancer cell in place might degrade, unmooring the diseased cell and allowing it to spread to other parts of the body.
Two of today's most controversial science issues, human cloning and global environmental change, will be debated by Cornell scientists and scholars in a public forum Saturday, June 21, at 1:30 p.m. in 105 Space Sciences Building.
The inspirations for the six original pieces to be performed at Dance Concert '97 at Cornell are as varied as the performers themselves -- who include a veterinary student and recent high school graduate. Cornell's Department of Theatre, Film and Dance will present its annual dance concert this weekend.
For just under two minutes a camera directed toward the south polar region of Mars will capture and store a series of about 20 images unique in the annals of planetary exploration: the surface of a planet (other than the moon) as seen from altitudes ranging from about 4 miles to only about 30 feet.
Events on campus this week include photography exhibit, debate on Obama, Rubberdance Group, several book signings at the Cornell Store, literary luncheon, history walk, and lectures on whales and rice. (Oct. 14, 2010)