Emeritus Professor of Music Marice Stith, who as director of bands conducted the Cornell University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band for 23 years, has died. He was 89.
An interdisciplinary conference exploring representations of gender and race in magazines will be held Oct. 25-27 at the Africana Studies and Research Center.
Events this week include the annual Dump and Run sale to benefit local charities, Glee Club and Chorus Orientation concerts, a lecture on trees in literature, events and lectures about sustainable seafood and new offerings by the Johnson Museum and Cornell Cinema.
Through a grant from the National Historical Publications & Records Commission, 65 railroad collections held by Cornell Library’s Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives will go online.
In a landmark national election Jan. 16, Taiwan elected Tsai Ing-wen, LL.M. '80, its next president. The first woman and the second Cornellian to hold Taiwan's highest office, she will assume the presidency May 20.
Ten students from across Cornell spent two weeks of their winter break on a journey through Vietnam, listening to farmers and community members and seeing the effects of climate change firsthand.
Weill Cornell Medicine investigators found that women who choose to be sterilized using surgical permanent birth control versus getting their tubes tied have a 10-fold risk of follow-up surgery.
Six undergraduates spent spring break in Harlem building a sensory garden for children through Alternative Breaks, which promotes service learning through direct engagement with various communities.
Cornell’s Adult University, “a learning vacation” for the family, combines academics with the fun of a summer trip to Ithaca and Summer College brings talented high school students to campus.