A gift from the estate of architect Edgar Tafel, a member of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship, will establish an endowed professorship in architecture and a lecture series in his name. (June 16, 2011)
Days after Ithaca received approval to welcome 50 new refugees, Cornell hosted a conference on the campus of Onondaga Community College Nov. 5 to address refugees and community college education.
The Cornell Dance Program's second All-Years Dance Reunion, Aug. 29-31, kicked off the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts' 20th season. (Sept. 3, 2008)
A collaboration involving researchers from physics and engineering used a new cryogenic microscopy technique to study the solid-liquid interface in lithium-metal batteries.
Events this week include a regional student film festival at the Schwartz Center, Wu Man and The Shanghai Quartet in Bailey Hall, and 'The Messenger' and 'A Space Program' at Cornell Cinema.
A poem is 'one of the most nuanced of the arts in expressing what is human,' said Abrams, who shared some of his deep understanding and love of poetry in a public lecture July 16 on campus. (July 17, 2008)
Sunn 'Shelley' Wong and Stephen Morgan have been awarded Paul advising awards, and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon and John Hale have been awarded Appel fellowships for their faculty excellence. (June 13, 2011)
Cornell's new pyrolysis kiln opens May 24, when Johannes Lehmann, professor of soil science, will hold an open house 2-4 p.m., at the Leland Laboratory building.
Professor of Romance studies Bruno Bosteels will conduct Andrew W. Mellon Dissertation Seminars in the Humanities on 'Theories of the Subject' during May-June 2011 and May-June 2012. (Dec. 23, 2010)
The first public performances of a new baroque organ on Nov. 21 packed Anabel Taylor Chapel twice, it marked the culmination of a nearly 10-year project that involved more than 100 people on two continents. (Nov. 23, 2010)