Cornell University Library and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art are collaborating on a four-year initiative engaging Cornell photography collections and sharing staff and resources in new ways.
Cornell University Library is offering an internship program that aims to expose Cornell graduate students to new frontiers in digital humanities work.
Cassandra (Cassie) Dembosky has been appointed to the position of university registrar. She had been serving as the interim university registrar for the past year and a half. (Oct. 8, 2010)
A new bird species in Peru was discovered by young Cornell graduates, who named it in honor of Cornell Lab of Ornithology Executive Director John W. Fitzpatrick. (Aug. 7, 2012)
The Cornell Council for the Arts is accepting applications from students, organizations, faculty, departments and programs for its next grant cycle, supporting new creative projects in 2012-13. (Aug. 7, 2012)
William McGuire, professor of civil and environmental engineering emeritus, died Jan. 31 in Ithaca at age 92. A memorial service will be held Sept. 7 on campus.
A $5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Cornell will train agricultural researchers from sub-Saharan Africa in the theory and practice of gender-responsive research.
Cornell President David Skorton has been selected to join the Steering Committee of Partners for a New Beginning, announced former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, chair of PNB.
Events on campus this week include a 1921 "Hamlet" with live music in Sage Chapel, a book talk on music and cosmology by Andrew Hicks, work by artist Rebecca Rutstein '93, poetry and new films.
The third time was indeed the charm for Interim President Hunter Rawlings and his wife, Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings, who were feted with a celebratory reception and dinner March 23 by the Cornell Board of Trustees.