Historian María Cristina García examines the challenges and history of refugee and asylum policy in the United States in her new book, "The Refugee Challenge in Post-Cold War America."
Events this week include a discussion of Nelson Mandela's legacy, New York Health Commissioner Nirav Shah, "Art History in a Nutshell" at the Johnson Museum, and Rich Stearns '73 of World Vision.
The Department of Science and Technology Studies celebrates 40 years since the first meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science on campus with “Where has STS Traveled?” Oct. 27-28.
April 4 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The alliance, whichmany credit for helping secure a period of unprecedented peace in Europe, has repeatedly been called into question by President Trump who says that NATO’s financial burden is unfairly tilted towards the U.S. Cornell historians say that despite its current challenges, NATO’s legacy is one of remarkable success.
Physics student Joseph Parisi '18 leads a task on predicative analytics for balloon and payload trajectories as an intern at World View, a space tourism start-up.
Thomas Sokol, professor emeritus of music and Cornell’s former director of choral activities, who was given arguably the most poignant and popular arrangement of “Ave Maria,” died April 28.
The New York Power Authority is partnering with the Cornell Climate Smart Solutions Program to deliver a comprehensive training program to its nearly 2,400 employees in New York.
Events on campus include the Prague Philharmonic Choir in concert, writer Todd Miller on border issues, a Messenger Lecture by theater scholar David Román, and a social entrepreneurship institute.
Ibrahim El-Salahi, one of the most influential figures in Sudanese modern art, will be on campus Nov. 28, in a visit arranged by Salah Hassan, curator of an exhibit on the artist. (Nov. 20, 2012)
