Bernard Tschumi showed some of his creative, unique solutions to challenging assignments in cities around the world in a public lecture April 17 on campus. (April 26, 2007)
Academic leaders have announced the creation of the new Center for Community Engaged Learning and Research and have named Richard Kiely as its director. (Oct. 3, 2011)
This year, for the first time ever, the prestigious Preston H. Thomas Memorial Lecture Series will be an interactive teleconference between two of the leading architectural design programs in the United States: Cornell's Department of Architecture, which manages the series, and Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Some of the hottest debates raging in America today hinge on the extent to which governments can, or should, regulate human relationships. Should states hold parents accountable for their children's crimes? Restrict no-fault divorces? Prohibit same-sex marriages? Addressing such questions, commentators often lament the loss of propriety that prevailed early in this century, when more families were intact, more morals adhered to.
Lani Guinier, Houston Baker and Stanley Fish are among more than a dozen prominent guest speakers who will present public talks as part of the 1999 summer session of the School of Criticism and Theory.
The distinguished psychiatrist Herbert Meltzer, a 1958 Cornell University graduate, will present a University Lecture on Oct. 23 at Cornell on the subject of "Molecules and the Mind: The Impact of Psychopharmacology on Self and Society." The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is at 4:40 p.m. in 200 Baker Laboratory on the Cornell campus. (October 22, 2003)
A profile of David Owen discusses how he became interested in his fields of ancient history research and what he is working on now as he plans for his phased retirement starting next year. (Oct. 26, 2010)
A former chief of the Cayuga Wolf Clan and his wife have made a challenge grant to benefit Native American students in Cornell's American Indian Program. Frank and June Bonamie's gift of $25,000 could be tripled through the…
On Aug. 21, students and faculty members gathered in Barton Hall on campus to discuss Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart,' the subject of Cornell's New Student Reading Project.