Interim President Hunter Rawlings sent his condolences Tuesday to the family of Nellie Corson, widow of Cornell's eighth president, Dale Corson. Nellie Corson died Monday, Jan. 23, at the age of 102.
Events this week include "Eurydice" at the Schwartz Center; the 2016 Local Fair at Mann Library with local food, fiber products and crafts; and International Education Week events and exhibitions.
Assistant professor of music Benjamin Piekut has won the 2011 Outstanding Article Award from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. (Aug. 25, 2011)
Architect and scholar Peter Eisenman '54, B.Arch. '55, is Cornell's newest Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor. Rhodes professors serve for three years and visit the Ithaca campus for one week a year. (Oct. 9, 2008)
Suzanne Mettler, professor of government, and a colleague find that Americans like ObamaCare but do not like the "toxic" political discourse around it.
Film editor Tim Squyres '81, who introduces his latest movie with Ang Lee, “Life of Pi,” March 10 at Cornell Cinema, talks about his embrace of film production as a Cornell student.
Speakers at the “Creating CIS: Fireside Chat,” which launched Computing and Information Science’s 20th anniversary celebration on Oct. 2, discussed the societal changes they foresaw at the time – as well as those they didn’t see coming.
About 2,000 middle and high school students will show their science and engineering acumen at the 35th annual Science Olympiad National Tournament, May 31-June 1 at Cornell.
Amara Lakhous spoke on campus Nov. 4 about his experience as an immigrant. and his book “Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio,” the 2014 New Student Reading Project selection.