President David Skorton delivered the keynote address, 'Humanities: In the National Interest,' at the annual membership meeting of the National Humanities Alliance in Washington, D.C. on March 7. (March 9, 2011)
M.H. 'Mike' Abrams, Class of 1916 Professor of English Emeritus, discussed the four dimensions of six poems by poets ranging from Emily Dickinson to A.R. Ammons at a lecture Nov. 18. (Nov. 22, 2010)
Eighteen projects initiated by faculty to support community-engaged learning have received Engaged Cornell's inaugural Engaged Curriculum Grants, totaling more than $930,000.
Cornell University Library aims to spark discussion about scholarly publishing, which is languishing, through a series of initiatives in March and April.
Steven Stucky, the Given Foundation Professor of Music at Cornell and a pre-eminent American composer, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
A group led by chemistry professor Peng Chen reports the first quantitative visualization of enhanced catalysis activity at the metal-metal interface of a single-molecule bimetallic nanocatalyst.
President David Skorton released a statement June 25 urging members of the Cornell community to develop a greater understanding of the racial issues in American and work to influence positive change.