Douglas Rutzen ’87, president and CEO of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, will present, "Defending Civil Society and Peaceful Protest Around the World," April 29 at 4:30 p.m. in Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.
The Greenhouse Lighting and Systems Engineering consortium, announced June 5 and led by researchers at Cornell and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will transform the way greenhouses operate to reduce electricity use for lighting by up to 70 percent.
Bruce Levitt, professor of performing and media arts, directs four Cornell students in a production of work by prisoners in Auburn Correctional Facility April 14-16.
Cornell experts issued a report this week outlining the opportunities and challenges facing the state's farmers and food producers as emerging digital technologies shape the agricultural industry.
Historian Fredrik Logevall, the John S. Knight Professor of International Studies and director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, won the Pulitzer Prize April 15 for his acclaimed 2012 book, 'Embers of War.'
More than 700 alumni, parents, students, faculty and staff are expected to attend Celebration, Entrepreneurship at Cornell's annual business conference, April 14-15 on campus.
Former Cornell President Jeffrey Lehman '77, dean of the School of Transnational Law at Peking University, was one of 50 people to receive the People's Republic of China Friendship Award. (Oct. 3, 2011)
Fred Van Sickle, chief development officer at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, has been named Cornell's next vice president for alumni affairs and development, effective Jan. 18.
The Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP), which helps veterans transition from a military to academic environment through one week of classes at a college or university, will be offered at Cornell for the third year this summer, July 23-30.