The initiative, a project of the Cornell Institute for European Studies, will provide a multidisciplinary platform for the study of the Ottoman Empire. Inaugural events begin March 14.
Events this week include Science on Tap, Festival24 and auditions at the Schwartz Center, Michelle Wolf at Bailey Hall, and films about the tumult of 1968.
Political and foreign relations experts including Russian-American journalist Julia Ioffe will explore the crisis in Ukraine at a public panel discussion March 14 in Uris Auditorium.
Mason Peck, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, who served as NASA’s chief technologist from January 2012 to December 2013, has received the agency’s Distinguished Public Service Medal.
Events this week include a memorial celebration of Susan Christopherson's life and work, collegial collaborators Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon and Dagmawi Woubshet, and "Psycho" in Willard Straight Hall.
National Endowment for the Humanities Chair William Adams spoke on the past and future of the humanities in Klarman Hall Feb. 24. He said this is a moment of increasing pressure for the field.
Cornell received 43,037 applications for freshman admission this year, the highest in university history; the incoming class is the most competitive and selective ever.
The professor of mathematics was named a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics during an Aug. 1 induction ceremony at the Joint Statistical Meetings/IMS Annual Meeting in Miami. (Aug. 16, 2011)
Peanut and Motzie, two Savannah cats, have participated in a study at the College of Veterinary Medicine's Feline Health Center June 5. Motzie is the second tallest cat in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.