The library has acquired more than 100 items from the latter half of the 19th and the 20th centuries; items include sashes and fabrics printed with presidential portraits and scarves that were souvenirs from World Fairs.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will speak at Cornell on the state of education, Thursday, Oct. 24, at 5:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall. President David Skorton will lead a discussion with Bush and State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher afterward.
The 2013 Dean’s Fellow in the history of home economics in the College of Human Ecology gave an account of Flemmie Kittrell’s life March 20. Kittrell was the first African-American woman in the country to earn a Ph.D. in nutrition.
A new study by Corinna Lockenhoff, from Weill Cornell Medicine, is the first to quantitatively compare attitudes about aging across modern and traditional societies.
In his new history of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, historian Fredrik Logevall draws on new sources to tell the story of disastrous foreign policy decisions. (Sept. 28, 2012)
At a May 23 dinner, College of Arts and Sciences faculty members received awards for exceptional teaching and advising, and graduate teaching assistants won prizes for teaching.
Provost Michael Kotlikoff and Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi discussed a plan to address student housing on the Ithaca campus while advancing investments in academic initiatives.
The Cornell eRulemaking Initiative has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to solicit public input for updating the Federal Health IT strategic plan.
Cornell faculty and students will be among thousands of scientists representing an array of research to swarm Washington, D.C., Feb. 11-15 for the annual AAAS meeting and exposition.