A $10 million challenge gift from Barton and Susan Winokur, both Class of ’61, is helping to launch a fundraising campaign in the College of Arts and Sciences that will support the creation of 15-25 new endowed positions.
At its January meeting, the Cornell Board of Trustees approved planning parameters for the university's 2017-18 budget, including tuition and housing and dining rates.
On Oct. 23, The Blackstone Charitable Foundation announced a three-year, $4.5 million grant to Cornell and other upstate New York universities to encourage entrepreneurship education and support.
Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa makes his last official visit to Cornell in his role as a visiting scholar Oct. 26-28, when he'll meet with students on campus and speak at public events in Ithaca.
Events this week include a conference for international dramatists, jazz and big band swing, new science fiction films at Cornell Cinema, a talk on building sustainable communities and a reading by MFA writers.
A Feb. 29 Cornell Law School panel, featuring professors Joe Margulies ‘82, John Blume and Valerie Hans, discussed the future of the death penalty in light of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death Feb. 13.
The Cornell University Board of Trustees will have its regular spring semester meeting in Ithaca, March 27-28; some sessions will be open to the public but will require free tickets.
Forty students with global health minors gathered to present their international service learning and research fieldwork to the Cornell community on issues from maternity to albinism Oct. 16.