The inauguration of Martha E. Pollack as the 14th president of Cornell University will feature student scholarship, highlight the role of universities in the search for truth, and celebrate the community Aug. 24 and 25.
About 200 people gathered on Cornell's central campus in Ithaca to hear the Cornell Chimes pay tribute to the Grateful Dead on the 40th anniversary of the band's May 8, 1977, concert in Barton Hall.
In Nature Geoscience, Cornell’s Johannes Lehmann says that scientists should develop new models that accurately reflect soil carbon-storage processes to draw down atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Kelly Zamudio, professor and curator of herpetology at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, comments on a fire that destroyed Brazil’s National Museum.
The ongoing challenges we face as a society are social and technical, and demand both expertise and humanity – and they require the kind of education and knowledge that Cornellians strive for, said Cornell President Martha E. Pollack during her State of the University Address Oct. 18.
Sustainability improvements, including new climate control technology, at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art have cut overall energy usage by 40 percent.
The Africana Studies and Research Center is launching new initiatives including speakers, mentoring efforts, special events and even classroom renovations, to help students impact the world.
Thirty-eight undergraduates, grad students and visiting scholars from 12 nations enrolled in this summer's English for International Students and Scholars program.
Professor María Cristina García, Cornell's Howard A. Newman Professor in American Studies, has received a 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship supporting her work in migration studies.
