A memorial celebration Sept. 12 in Statler Auditorium brought together much of what M.H. "Mike" Abrams cherished - poetry, Elizabethan music, family, friends and colleagues.
Alice Fulton, the Ann S. Bowers Professor of English, is one of eight recipients to receive the 2011 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. The award will be presented to her in May. (March 29, 2011)
More than 40% of residents in 15 cities in the “global south” – developing nations in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Latin America – still lack quality, affordable water that can be piped into dwellings.
Africana professor Riche Richardson will travel to Montgomery, Ala., to speak at the 100th birthday celebration of the late civil rights icon Rosa Parks Feb. 4.
Journalist and author Raza Rumi, resident writer at Ithaca City of Asylum, fled Pakistan after an assassination attempt two years ago and will give a talk on campus April 5, "Pakistan's Battle Against Violent Extremism."
The Cornell Center for Materials Research has been approved for a six-year, $23.2 million extension of funding from the National Science Foundation to continue its mission of research, education and outreach.
Provost Kent Fuchs endorsed a committee report Oct. 20 recommending significant changes to the Cornell Council for the Arts' mission, organization and focus.
The sixth Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation's Fiber Arts and Wearable Arts Exhibition features student fiber arts projects in the new Human Ecology Building until Nov. 1. (Sept. 26, 2011)
Using a novel combination of mathematical methods, Cornell linguists suggest that comprehension in Asian languages works in much the same way as it does in European languages.
J. Robert Lennon’s newest novel, “Happyland,” was inspired by the story of American Girl founder Pleasant Rowland's gift to her alma mater, Wells College, to help revitalize Aurora, N.Y., near Ithaca.