Jan Allen, an associate dean at Columbia University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, has been named associate dean for academic and student affairs at Cornell's Graduate School, effective Aug. 15. (Aug. 1, 2012)
With every final exam handed in and last box packed, there is a student bidding farewell to Cornell in his or her own unique way. Alex Silver and Jon Tai made a video. (May 26, 2011)
William J. Dress, Ph.D. '53, professor emeritus of botany at the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium at Cornell, author of 10 plant books and for whom two plants have been named, died Dec. 15 at age 93. (Jan. 5, 2012)
Author and youth advocate Wes Moore will deliver the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture, 'Potential is Universal,' Feb. 11 at 5 p.m. in Sage Chapel.
Cornell's corpse plant bloomed for the first time in March 2012, attracting more than 10,000 visitors over five days, and is expected to bloom again in the next few days.
A variety of language-learning programs serve the needs of more than 2,000 Cornell students who traveled to 108 countries in the 2013-14 to study, research or participate in a faculty-led experience.
"A Needle Woman," artist Kimsooja's project with materials scientists that was displayed on the Arts Quad in the Cornell Council for the Arts Biennial, is the subject of a new "Art21" documentary.