“Poetry & Pastry: an elegant soiree of Near Eastern & New York Poetry" on April 16 will combine literature, art, pastry and the launch of a book of poetry. The event will be held at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
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.'
Weill Cornell Medical College's state-of-the-art Belfer Research Building has achieved LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its sustainable design and green construction.
Computer science professor Jon Kleinberg will receive the 2013 ACM SIGKDD Innovation Award, considered the highest for technical excellence in knowledge discovery and data mining, from the Association for Computing Machinery.
Events include the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows lecture; the play “Spill” on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill; Cornell Chorus and Glee Club performing “A German Requiem”; and the Cornell Orchestras’ final performances of the semester.
The winter holidays for 2010 are Dec. 24, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31. Nonexempt staff members will also receive one and one-half times their hourly rate for hours worked on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. (Dec. 9, 2010)
Eswar Prasad's latest book, "Gaining Currency: The Rise of the Renminbi," describes how China's currency is reshaping global finance, and explores the implications for the dollar's status as the dominant global reserve currency.
Careful management and generally favorable market conditions significantly increased the value of Cornell’s long-term investments, which include the university’s portfolio of endowments, in fiscal year 2014.