In her Convocation address, author and social commentator Roxane Gay challenged the Cornell Class of 2021 to be true to themselves and to their dreams, however wild they may be.
Inspired by the color- and texture-morphing ability of octopuses, researchers have developed a way to transform with precision a 2-D stretchable sheet into a 3-D surface.
A $1.4 million Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant will fund a Cornell pilot program of seminars in architecture, urbanism and the humanities. Six semesters of seminars will begin in spring 2014.
A chance meeting of two Cornell researchers led to a collaboration and new understanding of how bacteria resist toxins, which could lead to new tools in the fight against harmful infections.
This week on campus, Cornell Chorus hosts a women's choral conference with a keynote by Maggie Wheeler; "The Godfather," "It" and other classics at Cornell Cinema; and "The Vagina Monologues."
Over winter break in January, 14 Cornell Tradition undergraduates traded creature comforts for work gloves to help clean up homes in Puerto Rico, which is still reeling nearly five months after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.
Roger Shimomura, who was interned as a young child for two years in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II, discussed his art at the Johnson Museum Sept. 19.
A sustained collaboration between the 'two cultures' of the arts/humanities and that of science need to be supported as much as possible, said former Cornell Provost Don Randel, Oct. 14. (Oct. 17, 2011)
Architect Richard Meier '56, B.Arch. '57, and artist Frank Stella discussed their disciplines, their work and their friendship at the inaugural Eli Broad Lecture, Sept. 12, at the Morgan Library in Manhattan. (Sept. 19, 2011)
An opening for "Quiet Labor," an exhibit featuring naturally dyed textiles, garments, and artworks by participants in the Cornell Natural Dye Studio, took place Feb. 7 at the Cornell Botanic Gardens Nevin Welcome Center and will run until June 25.