Entrepreneurs from throughout the country joined with Cornell alumni, students, faculty and staff Nov. 7 in New York City for a daylong conference, “Beyond the Horizon,” hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell.
Kathy Savitt ’85, chief marketing officer at Yahoo!, will be the keynote speaker at the Cornell Entrepreneurship Summit NYC Oct. 11, hosted by Entrepreneurship@Cornell.
The professor of biochemistry, molecular and cell biology is one of 210 fellows to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. Also inducted was novelist and Cornell alumnus Thomas Pynchon. (April 27, 2009)
Cellist Gerald Appleman presented one of the cellos he made to Cornell's Department of Music Sept. 2, in appreciation of Scott Tucker, director of choral music. (Sept. 7, 2010)
More than 200 people came to the opening reception for Buzz Spector's book art project, Jan. 11 at the College of Architecture, Art and Planning's loft space in Manhattan. (Jan. 17, 2007)
Events on campus this week include organ concerts in Sage; concerts in Bailey; lectures by economist David Card, Steven Zunes, Ph.D. '90, Nick Salvato and Hod Lipson; poetry readings; museum events. (March 10, 2011)
An analysis by Cornell sociologist Steven Alvarado found that a major STEM enrichment program increases black students' high school STEM engagement but had little impact on black and Latino students’ aspiration to major in a STEM field in college.
Library staff have uncovered new meaning in an Egyptian papyrus scroll purchased by Andrew Dickson White’s 1889. The papyrus, as well as several other Egypt-related artifacts, are on exhibition through June 15.
The Ethics and Public Life program hosts a series of visitors who will lecture about the 2012 elections and meet with students throughout the fall semester. (Sept. 4, 2012)