Bernd Lambert, an authority on kinship among Pacific islanders of the Republic of Kiribati and professor of anthropology emeritus, died Jan. 3, 2015 at his Ithaca home. Lambert joined Cornell faculty in 1964.
His three-year term, to begin July 1, results from a canvassing of the Africana faculty. Earlier this semester, the faculty voted unanimously to make Aching a full professor in their department, also starting July 1.
Cornell sponsored Turkish academics Azat Gündoğan, a sociologist, and his wife, historian Nilay Ozok-Gündoğan, when they were threatened by their government.
When is an hour not 60 minutes long? When it's an hour of television, Amy Villarejo quipped in a July 9 lecture that illuminated the impact television viewing has on our perceptions of time. (July 25, 2012)
On 4-H National Youth Science Day Oct. 5, young people nationwide will undertake an interactive engineering design challenge created by Cornell Cooperative Extension and the National 4-H Council.
Alumni of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning visited in record numbers March 9-11 to celebrate Milstein Hall. The weekend featured a talk by architect Rem Koolhaas, exhibits and parties. (March 13, 2012)
As his 100th birthday approaches, M.H. Abrams, who taught English at Cornell from 1945 to 1983, is praised for his contributions to literary studies on campus and around the world.