The 34th annual conference of the Cornell Real Estate Council, Oct. 13-14 in New York City, will focus on new forces causing dramatic changes in the industry.
Engineer, entrepreneur, innovator and philanthropist Irwin Jacobs ’54, BEE ’56, will speak at Cornell and be presented with the second Cornell Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award on Monday, April 22, at 4 p.m. in 101 Phillips Hall Auditorium.
Christopher Painter ’80, who coordinated cyber issues for the U.S. state department, will give the annual Bartels World Affairs Fellowship Lecture Nov. 15.
“Expanded Communities and Posthumanity” will feature scholars from a wide range of disciplines exploring the field of posthumanities on campus Nov. 5-6.
In the documentary "Reversing Oblivion," screening on campus March 21, filmmaker Ann Michel '77 searches for her roots as architecture students help reimagine her family's farm estate in Poland.
After 40 years of leadership, teaching and scholarship at Cornell, Mary Fainsod Katzenstein retires in May. At an April 22, event she was honored for her work with the Cornell Prison Education Program.
Influential literary critic M.H. Abrams is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal. President Barack Obama announced the honor July 22, the day before the emeritus professor's 102nd birthday.