Longtime Cornell benefactor and adviser Earl Flansburgh '53, B.Arch. '54, died Feb. 3 from Parkinson's disease. A memorial service will be held Feb. 20 in Cambridge, Mass. (Feb. 11, 2009)
The students waiting for their Bodies at the Border class to begin chatted enthusiastically about a movie they'd just seen, and the Cornell professor asked which film. The movie watchers were almost 8,000 miles away.
Nine faculty-led teams conducting research with undergraduate students have received Undergraduate Engaged Research Programs grants, administered by Engaged Cornell.
A.D. White Professor-at-Large Anne Carson led workshops on collaboration, lectured and performed and worked with students the week of Feb. 13 while on campus.
Computerized text analysis of scientific papers in the arXiv repository shows that many authors use text from previous papers of their own and others, not always with attribution.
Events on campus include a celebration of languages and culture, concerts by Priscilla Herdman and the Cornell Chamber Orchestra, a dance showcase and student films. (Nov. 15, 2012)
It really was a scorcher this spring and summer - 26 cities in the Northeast set records for average temperatures this year, reports the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell.